A New Barn For the Goats
I haven't updated this for 5 weeks, and I really don't have time to write much now. We had a good September, the best thing being the new barn.
I need to take pictures of the new goat barn we had built. We hired two carpenter friends that have had a lot of building experience They had never built a barn before, but they did a great job for us and gave us a good deal on their labor.
Matthew (my son) worked with them everyday . I guess they put in about 72 hours on it. We gave Matthew a carptentry class credit for school. I figure he got more experience and learned more in the past two weeks than he would have in a public school shop class that only meets for 50 minutes a day and only builds a book shelf and a bird house for the whole year.
The barn is 12ft by 40ft with a 12ft by 30ft 2nd story loft. The goats love it!
I still want to put in some stalls, a shed roof on one end, and some other things to finish off the barn, but that will all wait for a while. First I need to get more fence up for the goats, which I hope to do next week. I was very sorry to see that T-posts have jumped up to $5.39 a piece at Lowes. I thought $3.00 was high when I last bought some a half year ago, or so.
We have a lot to do to get everything ready for winter here at Pure Water Hollow. Hopefully we will have a great October and be ready for the cold that will be coming soon!
God is Great!
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