Lay well, oh hens, your tasty oval fruit! Bask ye in light which I doth bring to thee at such unseas’nable a time as this! I’ve finally got the lights installed and working in the chicken coop! I had to … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
I didn’t have as much time as I might have liked to work on the barn this past weekend. I got a bit of a late start on Saturday, and on Sunday I spent most of the day getting a … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I posted a chicken update. Things are going pretty smoothly out in the coop, although the days are much shorter now than they were in the summertime. My Cuckoo Marans hen has stopped laying on … Continue reading
I had a busy weekend at the barn this week. It was a long weekend for me, which started with the delivery guy dropping off a little more than a unit of HardiePlank siding at 7:10 AM on Friday. A … Continue reading
Sort of. I hesitate to say “finished” because there are still a lot of details left. I did however get all of the roll roofing nailed on this weekend. I also purchased and assembled a garden cart to help in … Continue reading
I finished the upper section of roof this weekend. It’s hard to see from the ground because it’s way up there, but here are some pictures anyway. You can see better from the top. It sure seems like a long … Continue reading
I did more roofing this past weekend. I wasn’t able to do as much as I would have liked on Saturday because it rained the previous evening and everything was wet, including the roof. It almost dried out before starting … Continue reading
I didn’t get a whole lot of barn work done today. I spent several hours trying some various ideas for getting my new air compressor running on my 4kW generator, none of which actually worked. In the end I tried … Continue reading
I had been planning on going up to Grass Valley today, but the forecast was for a 60% chance of rain so I reconsidered. Instead of working on the barn, I stayed in San Jose and installed the nest boxes … Continue reading
After eight months of inactivity, I’ve finally got enough time available to put the barn back in rotation! The fine fellows at wanderingsofbaloo.org came out to California for a three day weekend, and were kind enough to help me out with … Continue reading