Workwellshop!
When we bought this place, it came with a rather squalid shed. It was put up pretty shoddily, just stud board with metal siding. Even with western red cedar, it still didn't stand up to termites after 40 years and studs were starting to buckle and fail. At the same time, our well failed and had to be completely redone. I may have mentioned this already, but the guy who came over to look at it put his hands on the tank and said, "My granddad dug this well by hand 50 years ago". So I think it's done its job. The well and the workshop are related though, as the pipe that puts water to the house comes up through the workshop foundation slab. So we have kind of been without water for a while. We have partial water, since the local water co-op has a house line that goes into the kitchen and showers. But soon, we'll have water everywhere!
The workshop has 4 areas, an office/hobby area, a woodshop, an outdoor veg processing area (sort of like a carport), and a giant coolbot cooler. We're going to pull out the fence out a little bit (hopefully this weekend if I'm not lazy) and make a little area around it for a future deck and other projects.
The structure is built out of this nifty composite stone material that is rated to last like, a hundred years if you keep it up. We're getting a metal roof too for future rainwater collection. In fact, the old cistern that used to hold well water will become our water tank after some anti-microbe treatment. We may need another tank though, since now with the workshop we actually have a lot of roof area. Once the roof goes up, I'm going to take a video tour and throw it on youtube and start a mini-series on finishing it up.
I am pretty lazy about cutting the grass. Some day, I'll have mini goats in the front to cut the lawn for me, but until then it's compost time. I don't have enough water to make a pile properly, so it's just a pile of dry material right now. The dew should be enough to lock it in though, and there's a big rain next week. After the rain, I'll mix up the pile, add dry material in as necessary, and put in some fresh manure and other mix-ins and kickers. I should get over 2 yards on this pile which is pretty exciting.
The first cherry tomatoes started blushing yesterday, which means summer is basically here. Yellow squashes are finger length, so it won't be more than a week or so before we get the first few on dinner plates. I have a goal this year to have 0 big squash. There's always some ninja squash that hide from you until they're football sized, but this year I'm going try my best to be a ninja hunter.
We got 2 dogs, adult german shepherd mixes from a shelter. Poor dogs basically never went outside, and we've had to work on their strength and stamina. In the evenings we are trying distraction training and obedience next to the cows. Guinness is a fast learner, and generally just wants to be near us. Dora is far more independent, and takes some coaching. She's also more aggressive with other animals, so I'm focusing a lot on her greeting the cows with calm happiness vs aggression.
The workshop has 4 areas, an office/hobby area, a woodshop, an outdoor veg processing area (sort of like a carport), and a giant coolbot cooler. We're going to pull out the fence out a little bit (hopefully this weekend if I'm not lazy) and make a little area around it for a future deck and other projects.
The structure is built out of this nifty composite stone material that is rated to last like, a hundred years if you keep it up. We're getting a metal roof too for future rainwater collection. In fact, the old cistern that used to hold well water will become our water tank after some anti-microbe treatment. We may need another tank though, since now with the workshop we actually have a lot of roof area. Once the roof goes up, I'm going to take a video tour and throw it on youtube and start a mini-series on finishing it up.
I am pretty lazy about cutting the grass. Some day, I'll have mini goats in the front to cut the lawn for me, but until then it's compost time. I don't have enough water to make a pile properly, so it's just a pile of dry material right now. The dew should be enough to lock it in though, and there's a big rain next week. After the rain, I'll mix up the pile, add dry material in as necessary, and put in some fresh manure and other mix-ins and kickers. I should get over 2 yards on this pile which is pretty exciting.
The first cherry tomatoes started blushing yesterday, which means summer is basically here. Yellow squashes are finger length, so it won't be more than a week or so before we get the first few on dinner plates. I have a goal this year to have 0 big squash. There's always some ninja squash that hide from you until they're football sized, but this year I'm going try my best to be a ninja hunter.
We got 2 dogs, adult german shepherd mixes from a shelter. Poor dogs basically never went outside, and we've had to work on their strength and stamina. In the evenings we are trying distraction training and obedience next to the cows. Guinness is a fast learner, and generally just wants to be near us. Dora is far more independent, and takes some coaching. She's also more aggressive with other animals, so I'm focusing a lot on her greeting the cows with calm happiness vs aggression.
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