You have a point about warm weather and the bugs. Do you have Purple Martins there yet? If not you may want to hang up a few bird houses for them.
There is an old stray B/W tomcat here too. Been trying to catch him for a while. He has lots of descendents on the loose around this neighborhood. And all looking for handouts......
Thank you so much for your replies. When you hire a local builder how do you know if it's a barn builder? I suppose just asking around. Their are a lot of Amish in our area. They built our cabin and did a great job. Where would I get the steel? Do you buy it in a kit?