Friday, March 28, 2008

Almost done!

The garage colors are a near match for the colors we painted the barn and will be painting the house and other out-buildings.
Somehow, Stew keeps getting in the pictures. Monday the roof will go on, Wednesday the concrete floor will be poured, and somewhere in there the roll-up doors, gutters & downspouts get installed. Then we get to take over and build a wall between the parking bays and the shop area. We'll also be finishing the shop interior, eventually.
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Milking log:
3/21 - Stella & Doug weren't separated due to work schedules, 1.5 qts anyway.
3/22 - 3 qts after 4 hours separation.
3/23 - 3 qts, 4 hours separated, and I let Doug have a drink after Stella slowed up, so she'd let down again (double-dipping, I call it).
3/24 - 3.5 qts, 5 hours off, double-dipped.
3/25 - 2 qts, 4 hours off, no double-dipping. We had company over to watch the milking procedure, and Stella did fine. I stopped after 2 qts so as not to push my luck.
3/26 - 3 qts, 3 hours off, double-dipped.
3/27 - 3.5 qts, 5 hours off, double-dipped.
3/28 - 3 qts, 5 hours off, double-dipped.
Stella is getting pretty consistent with giving 3 quarts if I let Doug back on her for a minute after the first couple quarts. I still think she could easily give another quart, but not without me having to finagle it out of her.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Garage progress!

Posts set

48 hours later, siding girts and 2 trusses up!

View from the 0ld apple tree.


Lovely site built trusses.
One of the reasons we picked Blue Ribbon Steel Buildings over all the other companies.


Mercia softens warm laundry for us.


Spring has sprung sort of. I am out planting conservation trees today, in between snow, wind, sprinkles and sleet. March is certainly "in like a lion". Let's hope she's out like a lamb!