Category: Construction and Maintenance
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The Gates Are Up!
Larry got all of the gates for the last section of the elk fence (except for one) up this week. We’ll either have to add more dirt under them or add an additional piece of wire. They’re set as close to the ground as we can get them, but the ground slopes enough to make… Continue reading
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Fence Wire
The weather has been warming, and much of the snow has melted. Larry and Andrew got two sections of the fence wired up. It’s not tied off at the posts yet, but it’s in place, and it looks wonderful. Continue reading
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Pruning the Trees
In addition to building excellent fences, Larry also prunes fruit trees. We’ve gone through the orchard and marked the trees that are in the best condition, and Larry will prune them hard to reinvigorate them. It’s going to be a big bonfire when we finally burn all of the branches this spring! Continue reading
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A New Year Starts
Larry came out on New Year’s Day to deliver the gates for the elk fence. We are storing them out front so they’re easy to get when the snow melts. We also had to dig out the wire and move it to the new fence line. Larry wants to take his tractor home, so we… Continue reading
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Flat Stanley Has a Busy Day
Today was quite a busy day here at the farm. Things didn’t really get started until the afternoon, but we had a lot to do. Our first problem was the septic tank. We’ve had some sewer gas backing up into the house when we do laundry. The plumber came yesterday, and we found a trap… Continue reading
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More Fencing
To get the back cedars section ready for Larry, we had to take down the old fence that was there. This is where the new fence will go. Ken moved a bunch of rocks out and smoothed the ground. Here’s another view of the new fence. A look at where the new fence line will… Continue reading
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New Divider Fence
With the front west orchard pasture now reseeded and back to permanent pasture, we needed to install a more permanent divider fence. The fence is far enough away from the trees that we can get the tractor and marker down beside them, but not too far into the next pasture. With a good, solid welded… Continue reading
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Flat Stanley
Flat Stanley arrived from Tennessee to visit us for a while. Here he is with Larry and Andrew as they work on the new elk fence. Continue reading
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Larry’s Back!
Larry’s back to do the next section of the big elk fence. This will be the last tall fence we put in. It will go from the hay barn to behind the house, and it’ll enclose a small section of the cedars pasture. We had to start taking down parts of the old fence so… Continue reading
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Shop Heater
Just in time for Halloween and a coming storm next week, the new shop heater is installed. The trench has also been filled in where the propane line runs. In a quick test, it heated up the shop after being on for just a few minutes. We’ll see how well it works once we get… Continue reading