Posted on 03/30/2018 7:58:47 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Sunny but only 43. Average for this time of year. I’m getting the bug, though. I’ve already bought my peat starters, and I’m going to put radishes in with the tomatoes for fun and because I love French Breakfast radishes. My garden space is teeeeeeny, so it’s containers all the way.
Pretty! Mine is just about ready to bloom - two blooms coming up. ‘Red Lion.’
That’s a great idea to film the construction! We’ll be getting a new barn in the near future, too.
The original one burned down to the foundation, and was rebuilt in the mid-1950’s - but pretty poorly, as it’s falling apart again. Beau is going to re-do the foundation and pour a new concrete floor, then rebuild with a pole shed kit that looks like a barn.
THAT is going to make me very, very happy! I’m planning one of those big, painted Barn Quilts for one end of it. So many pretty designs to choose from, though! :)
(Just Google ‘barn quilt’ and you’ll see what I mean...)
I set up the tripod in the same spot and when they came to work on the barn I turned it on. AND I always wanted to do a barn quilt on my barn. Never got to it. It’s a 2 story gambrel roof I’ll have to post a picture.
In CNY the last of the snow is still melting. The ground here was still frozen when I took the dogs out for a walk this AM.
Last time I saw our garlic buds were up...but under a few inches of water...finger crossed that it wont rot.
The last bulk seed seller around here (Pholes feed, (formerly Agway) in Vernon closed last year. What a great store that was folks with product knowledge, that actually knew what they were selling.
This week I happened to be exchanging emails with the person who owns the vacant land next to my farm. He had gotten as far as building a driveway and clearing a spot for a building site, but then stopped. Rumor had it there were medical problems involved, but I didn’t pry and he didn’t volunteer, so I don’t know how accurate that rumor is.
Anyway, Thursday he mentioned he was thinking he might sell the place. I sent him what I thought was a low-ball offer. Not low enough to be insulting, but enough to open negotiations.
He replied saying that it was exactly the amount he’d been thinking of listing it for!!!!
County offices were closed Friday, or else we would have signed all the papers the next day! He seemed happy not to have to worry about it anymore.
This will double the size of my farm, plus getting me one step closer to building my house!
And if that weren’t enough, the parts for my portable greenhouse arrived yesterday. I got permission to put one in the backyard here, but only if it can be taken down and put back up easily. It’s supposed to snow this afternoon, but I should be able to start my seeds sometime this week :)
Hello all , I hope all is well. I am busy doing construction work here in Louisiana and I have yet to settle into a place with a yard of my very own...but hopefully soon so as I can get acclimated to this region with help from all of you...happy spring!
818 4th St. NW, Faribault, MN (didn't see a zip in the ad) Hope this helps.
Please do! I’m sure it’s lovely.
All I need is a design, paint and a big old piece of plywood. I thin it’s going to be a fun project. :)
Beautiful!
I am actually a quilter too. When I was researching it I found a few websites that dealt with barn quilt signs. My original plan was for a 4’ X 4’. Using 3/4 “ exterior plywood. My barn is 14 X20 and a 2 story. I was going to fortify the plywood with 2X4’s on the underside as a framework so the quilt would hang and have a little distance from the barn siding. I was also planning on making it in 2 pieces so it would be easier to paint and hang. I would use lots of wide masking tape for easier sharper edge painting. Looking forward to the pictures.
It's tall enough to stand up easily for a 6 foot guy to walk around in the hayloft - used to cram 122 bales up there. The right hand side had the animal in out door. The front of the pasture fence long taken down. Also here's a 2003 old shot of our spring babies with our daughter. You can see the sign used to say 2000, when the barn was built. In 2016 I repained the barn and all the trim and redid the sign, the house was built in 1984.
Happy Easter
Actually, 3/31/2014, we got about 4”.
Today, it’s been falling all day, but was in the low 30s & the ground was “warm”, so it mostly didn’t stick. That changed late this afternoon, and we now have about 1”, and still falling.
Decent tomorrow, but another round on Monday and Tuesday. “Last frost” date is mid-late May...then the hail storms start. LOL
Rivers and creeks are up. If we keep getting rain, it’s gonna be record flooding I’m afraid.
Thanks for the post. Have a great weekend.
That’s really great news for you. I’ll bet you are excited. Keep us posted on how it goes.
LOL. Jealous - yes, but not missing the perfume. Thanks for the pics.
Thanks for the info.
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