by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
The concrete came for the piers for the solar system. Got it all poured with no problems.That evening it started to rain and the trenches filled up. Ken took the backhoe and dug an emergency ditch through the hay barn to keep the water away from the precious hay. We...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Spoke too soon about the rocks. The second hole and the trench ended up uncovering a nest of rocks. Some were too big for our tractor to pick up but Ken was able to push them around a bit. It’s amazing how far down 9 feet is. The forms are in place to pour the...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Bart brought his big backhoe up to dig the holes for the new solar panels. Orange decided to supervise so we have 2 cats in teh yard now.This buck showed up today too. Don’t know if we got deer tags or not yet but he might be a tasty buck if we do. I really...
by OogieFarmBlog | Dec 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
We woke up to a lot of snow today. The ram lambs are covered with snow. A couple were just resting comfortably in their sheep nests. Cwningwn AKA Bunny was staying in her private house. She is getting alfalfa pellets because she doesn’t have many teeth left so...
by OogieFarmBlog | Nov 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Well it’s been almost a year since we installed the solar hot water system to provide both domestic hot water and supplemental heat for our radiant floor system.Several things we learned early on that have not changed over time. We need to plan on doing most...
