In past postings, I've shown you photos of the barn, so you all know how much work is necessary to get the barn ready for animals. WELL, we started working on the barn yesterday and will continue, as weather permits, until it's safe, clean, (as much as a barn can be) and have the right configuration for our animals.
To refresh your memory - here are some photos of the before:
After unpacking and prepping the house for fall, we didn't have the time or the weather (low winds) to burn all the non-reusable packing boxes, so they were tossed in a corner of the barn (see below). We free-cycled the best of the used packing boxes so they would help someone else with their move.
Yesterday, Mark and I burned the pile of boxes. He stayed near the fire, trying to get it to stay lit and safe - the entire area was snow and ice packed so it was more to keep the fire going more than making sure it didn't spread. Now, the corner of the barn is cleaned out and we can start working....
Mark will be taking out all the overhead milking pipes and most of the wiring - there is no need for all the power in our barn now as we will not be powering milking equipment. Here is a photo of the one of the eight power boxes in this barn - most of them are much bigger than this.
We look forward to spring and a refreshed barn. Look for future chapters with our progress.
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