Wintertime

This little 8x8 barn was built for $18 in nails and a bunch of scraps that had been laying around the farm since I used to tear down houses. It is not doing me alot of good as it is full of lots of junk. But then again every farm has to have a place to store junk, rainy day projects, parts and rarelly used tools.

The Goats are very happy in their barn. It is very small but cozy and built well with little expense. A too tight barn harbors dampness and disease ventilation and plenty of fresh bedding helps with parasites and foot rot. The little pond catches all the run off from the roof and some springs feed it from below. The cickens and ducks and geese clean up any grain that makes its way through the goats or they overlook at feeding time.

I wish I had rotated before I uploaded this tree.

A rooster and hen stand out in the road . The fence is like a frosted spiderweb.

Winter time is here on the farm and its been a very mild one, which is good. we finally had our first significant snowfall , 8 inches or so last week. I have been hibernating and feeding out lots of grain and hay, we lost our alpaca a couple of weeks ago. he must have been quite old.