Wendalane Farms » Buildings

Happy in the Shade

Bob — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:43:55 +0000

Jen’s dad sometimes buys old grain bins and transports them to his farm. Recently he brought us the slightly rusted pieces that he couldn’t use. Even though they weren’t structurally sound for a bin, we could use them to build a shade structure for the pasture. The goats immediately took occupancy while the sheep looked on in wonder. After a few days they started to share nicely.

Old Hay

Bob — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:43:55 +0000

The barn hasn’t been used for almost 10 years and there is quite a bit of loose hay in the hay mow. We’ve slowly been cleaning it up as we need more space for our own hay. The result is quite a huge pile of really really old dusty hay that we mix with our manure. Eventually it will be all gone and reused as compost to help improve our soil and provide nutrients to our plants.

Hoop It Up

Bob — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:18:26 +0000

The greenhouse is ready. Tomorrow night we’ll fire up the furnace for a test run to make sure it’s in shape to keep things warm at night. During the day the sun will get the temperature up to 25C or more and the exhaust fan will kick in. At night the furnace just needs to keep things a bit above freezing and we’re happy. Wednesday the transplanting will begin!

Barnboards

Bob — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:50:34 +0000

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do. On the one hand if we paint the barn the boards will hold up to the weather for a few more years, but we’ll lose the character of the old barn board. If we don’t paint the barn the boards will eventually decay, but we’ll have something interesting to look at from time to time. (We’ll most likely paint it.)