Projects

So I said I would add some pictures, I've kept busy in the unusual spring weather!  The first picture is of my project to save my back from some agony - I am using the concrete from the hog operation to build a raised bed for my strawberry patch.  I am almost done with it, I can only move so many chunks of concrete every - I started last fall and am almost finished.  I just have a few holes in the wall to fix up and then I have to fill it in with dirt and next year I will have strawberries!  I have been trying to think up ways to recycle the concrete and I don't know if I have the time or energy to build anymore, but this would be a nice way to make use of it.

 My other major project is this barn - as far as I can tell it was built in the early 1930s and was originally a dairy barn, then in about 1980 or so it was converted into a hog barn.  What that entails is not all that interesting, but it basically makes it difficult to put animals that are more than 6 feet tall inside (that will likely be a topic for an upcoming post).  Alex is posing to give you some reference how large of a structure it is.

 My current project involves cleaning out all the old straw and pigeon droppings that accumulated in it.  If you look closely at this photo, you can see the little spots which is all the dust in the air.  I have a few more hours of work to do and then I am going to wash everything down with water to stop at least some of the dust.  It's not a real fun place to play in yet, but as you can also see it will make a great basketball or volleyball court.  I'm sort of tempted to open the big door in the middle of the way (which you can see the outline of), but I'm afraid that I will not be able to get it closed again or it will just fall off from lack of use.

I keep hoping to find something really old and cool while moving all of this dusty crap, but so far all I have found is an old pulley and a few old doors with cool doorknobs.  No sack of gold or silver coins, but I'm not done yet!