The pole barn has been completed, and it finally stopped raining long enough to begin concrete work on the house. The concrete wall on the north side of the house has now been poured and water-proofed. The concrete wall is 6 feet high, and it will be largely underground, when construction is complete.
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| Raine was excited about the cement mixer trucks coming |
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| Interior View of Wall |
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| Exterior View of Wall |
The next step in construction is to have the plumbing and electrical work done that will go into the concrete slab, which we hope can be poured in the next couple of weeks. However, we just got about another inch of rain last night, and the forecast is not entirely favorable.
The heavy fall rains did not appear to negatively affect the new fescue pasture we planted, and we will see how the ryegrass planting around the garden and barn areas does, given last night's heavy rain. In other farm news, we have been busy with the fall harvest (mostly pumpkins, carrots, and beets), planting garlic, and selling some goats. We decided to downsize our herd, while we focus on the construction, so we've sold our two Spanish does, and we will soon sell the Kiko buck. We're keeping the three Kiko does, one of whom will hopefully have been bred by the buck, before he goes to a new home. We're looking into the possibility of using a provider of artificial insemination services to breed the does in the future instead of getting another buck. It would be nice to not have to manage a buck and to better plan the timing of kidding. No more surprise kids while we're on vacation!
-Annie
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