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helwenWe thought about going to the open kwoon at our kung fu school, but the weather and the ground are perfect for working -- so much to do, and only a small window to get it all done in.
L and I both worked earlier today on moving rocks away from the barn walls. He found the remains of a tool -- needs a new handle and a little hammer work, but quite salvageable. Some of those rocks you see were removed from against the barn last year, but quite a bit is from work this year. You can see the damage that was caused by rain hitting the rocks and going in against the wood and rotting it.
This is the old kiddie sand box that was next to the barn, which was full of small bushes. One had succeeded in punching through the bottom finally -- it will be getting recycled.
Some days back when L was working on uncovering more of the milk house foundations, he found an old rug piled up on top of the foundation. Today I decided to take a look at it, which was a bit of work as roots had grown through it, holding the folds together. Surprisingly it isn't in as horrible shape as one might expect after who knows how many winters outside. It has holes, to be sure, but I'm thinking it can at least be salvaged for use in the barn.
L then made great progress in the pasture, including digging up a good part of one of the old fences, the bottom of which was buried and weighted with rocks. I worked on removing the raspberries, nettles, garlic mustard, etc. from around the milk house foundations. Slow work, as the ground is full of rocks with a wide range of sizes. In addition to the rocks I also found an old orange plant marker pole and a scraper/putty knife while digging.
Here's a pic of the milk house foundation. In the foreground is a pile of soil that was inside the sand box. In the background you can see a retaining wall, part stone and part concrete. That's ours, plus about 10 feet of the land past it.
Here's a closer pic of the foundation, so you can see the cooling area -- yes, the stainless steel mixing bowl was found there too, along with miscellaneous bricks that are not part of the original structure.
L found what was probably the cover for the cooling section, but unfortunately it had been put outside, near the river. Amazingly it was still intact enough to tell what it was and where it would go (basically serving as a temporary floor when you weren't accessing the space), but not good enough to re-use.
The sun has been lovely; I dried laundry on the line today; second time in a week!
L and I both worked earlier today on moving rocks away from the barn walls. He found the remains of a tool -- needs a new handle and a little hammer work, but quite salvageable. Some of those rocks you see were removed from against the barn last year, but quite a bit is from work this year. You can see the damage that was caused by rain hitting the rocks and going in against the wood and rotting it.
This is the old kiddie sand box that was next to the barn, which was full of small bushes. One had succeeded in punching through the bottom finally -- it will be getting recycled.
Some days back when L was working on uncovering more of the milk house foundations, he found an old rug piled up on top of the foundation. Today I decided to take a look at it, which was a bit of work as roots had grown through it, holding the folds together. Surprisingly it isn't in as horrible shape as one might expect after who knows how many winters outside. It has holes, to be sure, but I'm thinking it can at least be salvaged for use in the barn.
L then made great progress in the pasture, including digging up a good part of one of the old fences, the bottom of which was buried and weighted with rocks. I worked on removing the raspberries, nettles, garlic mustard, etc. from around the milk house foundations. Slow work, as the ground is full of rocks with a wide range of sizes. In addition to the rocks I also found an old orange plant marker pole and a scraper/putty knife while digging.
Here's a pic of the milk house foundation. In the foreground is a pile of soil that was inside the sand box. In the background you can see a retaining wall, part stone and part concrete. That's ours, plus about 10 feet of the land past it.
Here's a closer pic of the foundation, so you can see the cooling area -- yes, the stainless steel mixing bowl was found there too, along with miscellaneous bricks that are not part of the original structure.
L found what was probably the cover for the cooling section, but unfortunately it had been put outside, near the river. Amazingly it was still intact enough to tell what it was and where it would go (basically serving as a temporary floor when you weren't accessing the space), but not good enough to re-use.
The sun has been lovely; I dried laundry on the line today; second time in a week!
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Go you!
Date: 2014-04-13 01:30 pm (UTC)That kiddie pool looks like it might be a good base container for a strawberry pot of two, though.
Re: Go you!
Date: 2014-04-14 03:27 am (UTC)It may be going to our little nephews at the family farm.
And we are now going to have quite a few actual pots on hand, although that's bittersweet. The next door neighbor hasn't been able to keep up on her payments; likely part of the aftermath of her husband becoming ill and dying a few years ago :(
We're helping clean up the greenhouses, among other things around the outdoors, as she has a bad back. Although despite how bad things have been, she seems to actually be looking forward to the move in some ways -- the house is just too much for her at this point in her life.
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Date: 2014-04-16 02:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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