The Living Green Farm Journal

"Sweet fields arrayed in living green, and rivers of delight"

Sunday, November 15th

Saving The Barn, Part Four

4366_FarmKurtBarnGutters (58k image)

Looks like it is going to take three trips to get gutters on the barn! Lou and I took a good run at it today, but we ran out of daylight and energy at about 4:30 pm. However, we did get some important things done today, and we're within striking distance of getting actual gutters on the south side of the barn. I don't know whether we'll be as lucky as we were today when it comes to weather, however. Today was overcast, but blessedly dry.
Kurt on 11.15.09 @ 09:51 PM PST [more...]

Monday, November 9th

Saving The Barn, Part Three

4347_FarmGutter (63k image)

As the crop season has wound down, I have found myself thinking about the buildings and other infrastructure. Not that late fall and winter is the best time to work outdoors on buildings, but you get what you get sometimes. In particular I've been worried about the barn. You may recall that I've done some bracing of things in the barn to try and arrest the (literally) downhill slide of the barn. I should go back and look at old pictures, but it seems to me that some things are visibly getting worse since last I paid attention to them. Like the foundation; one crack on the south wall appears to be getting wider. That is how I found myself recently standing in the rain, with a 32 foot ladder, contemplating how to install guttering on the two story barn. The shot above shows the results of a my trip to Home Depot prior to the commencement of festivities.
Kurt on 11.09.09 @ 01:25 PM PST [more...]

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