Windows and Walls and a Door, Oh My

Installed 6 out of 10 walls

The 2 windows and door

This past weekend was the hottest weekend on the farm so far. It was in the 90's and luckily, due to school and church activities, we were only able to work on the barn for about 5 hours each day.....which was good because we were losing more water from sweat than we were taking in and it was taking it's toll on both Cris and me.

We did manage to get up 6 out of 10 walls, put 2 windows in and a door. The wall with the door took longer because we had to frame up the door area first. The remaining 4 walls should be easy to install next weekend.

What's left after the walls: install the remaining roof tin, install some wood panels from the top of the walls to the top of the inside roof area (to keep the bugs out of the shop area), install facia and various other trim on the inside and out and then paint. We started the barn on Easter Weekend so maybe by the end of Memorial Day Weekend, we will be finished.

We hope to start planting the weekend of June 5th. Alex leaves for his Italy school trip on Sunday, June 6th and will be gone until June 17th, then he and I leave for Maryland June 18th until June 21st. It would be great to have the barn complete and then vegies in the ground before we leave. Cris did manage to get some plowing done Friday where we are going to plant the vegies.

We contacted the local electric company and they will take a look at our land and discuss getting some electric out to the barn. It would be great to have some air conditioning at the barn for the nights we camp there.

I checked on the blueberry bushes and they are all fine; many are small but look healthy. I think the major rain we had a few weeks ago stunted their growth a little (from being covered in water) but they look good and I think they will do even better once we get some mulch and more sheep manure around them.

The blackberry plants we have in pots at our house in Memphis look fantastic and one has many berries on them. I can't wait till they are ready for picking! We also found a few wild blackberry plants growing on the farm.