The wood shed is finally done! We ended up going the easy route and used wire fence to be the walls which was easy, cheap and quick to install. The added benefit of this material is that it allows complete air circulation from all directions. Additionally we had reasoned that no one would be able to see the sides and rear wall anyway. So the next thing is to get a few more pallets to stack the wood on, rent a splitter and make an all day event out getting the wood split and stacked.
It was a busy two days as we also took advantage of the dry conditions and had 36 more tons of crusher run delivered to finish up the barn floor leveling. We ran in too a mechanical problem with the hydrostatic steering on the tractor causing us to shut down for awhile to fix the problem (sort of). The steering ram cylinder came loose from vibration (all four bolts were still in place but the cap screws were not engaged!). We managed to get them realigned and properly tightened without cross threading the screws. This fix allowed me to continue using it but now I think there is either a problem with the steering pump pressure or the cylinders are bad. At about the same time this happened Elizabeth had declared that the well pump had quit working or the well was dry! After taking a short break and thinking about the issue I walked over and pressed the circuit breaker button on the generator and it reset. Well pump not broken and well not dry. :)
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| Ramp nearly level with bottom of door now |
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| Moving and leveling with FEL. The Farmi was only along for the ride to counter weight the front end. I should have put the rear blade on the for additional leveling capability. |
Elizabeth was very busy planting tomatoes, zuchini, watermelon and ochra in the hugelkultur beds which we amended with topsoil removed from the wood shed. The farm is coming along nicely!
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| The cute and adorable little fellow was found in the wood shed when we were excavating the topsoil |
