Shari's Gone Country

Monday, May 21, 2007

It's picture time! Photojournal update of farm projects

It's been a while since I've posted pics of our little ranchette and the progress we're making...

First, here are some comparison pics of our chicks. In each case, the 3 wk old pic is top and the 4 wk old is bottom. Now you can see why I said "scratch the junior roost!"

First up... our new screen door, and how Mindy feels about it.

Chicks with the new watering platform:

Feeder is getting a little crowded... the new, larger one got here this last weekend.

Look Mom, we know all about these roosts!

Oh, what's this? I know I can find a little solace and maybe some "spilled feed" up here.
Here's what the chicks haven't seen yet... their new "run" that's not complete yet. We still have to put up the fence and netting.

Our other major project has been the new greenhouse. Mom has wanted a greenhouse for years and here, it's a real necessity. We can extend our growing season to match that of more "normal" areas. Instead of having to wait until almost June to plant seeds outdoors, we can get started in early spring. Also, we we'll have a place to shelter the late stuff from that "end of August" killing frost.

The overall: 20 feet by 12 feet by 8 feet 6 inches bolted into railroad ties that are dug into the sand. They'll be "tied down" with six fence posts and long lag bolts.

Here's our rather crowded sheep pen. Quadrupling it's size is one of our high priority projects. Along with that, we'll be extending an underground water line and frost free hose bib.

Aside from that big guy in the middle (our Ram named Aljinon), these are the new additions.

Our "bummers", Freezer (the black one) and Crybaby (ewe for our flock).
Lastly, here's Dusty. This is Cindy's two-year old Thoroughbred "project" horse. When he wants to, he can be very gentlemanly and sweet. In reality... Cindy has way too much respect for him (after being kicked really hard) and he has no respect for much of anyone.

And now for the front of the house...

We've had an ongoing project tearing out Tam Junipers, and then chopping/dragging out their roots. Finally, our neighbor who promised to bring his backhoe has returned to construct his home. That backhoe made short work of this mess... will get new pics when the current windstorm dies down.

In the meantime, here's our first raised bed area and a peek at how nice the other side of the yard looks without the ugly roots.