more chores

This is the final load of boards that we salvaged from the barn in Danville. I hope it is enough to do the repairs to our barn.

Somebody had to move all the supplies into the barn. Since I was the only one there, I elected me to do it. I protested the results, but it didn't help.

more barn cleaning

This is the view when you crest the last hill on Donahew. The barn in the front is the one across the road from us. Our place is visible just over the top of that barn. It will look better once we get a house there.

This is the remaining junk in the barn. The pallets will be burned with the brush pile that is in the back of the horse pasture.

Mowing the new place

With the tractor rolled out of the truck, I'm ready to get started.

A few hours later, it's all mowed. I found out where all the holes, soft spots and wet areas are, and even met one of the new neighbors.

Building the new rabbit barn

Heather arriving with all our project supplies.

We got started getting all the posts in the ground after we moved the materials over to the mini's pasture.

Arizona wanted to help in the worst way. She got bored and wandered off when we didn't let her help.

Lisa nailing the back wall in place after the roof supports were put up.

Heather and Lisa admiring the results of our work. It only took about three hours to get to this point. After this, we added another board around the top gap and stapled the old tarp over the top to help with the rain.

The old Danville barn

The owner said it went down over the winter. It was a pretty big job, but most of the siding you can see in these pictures went with us.

Undeneath the siding, there were some very large hand-hewn beams that were put together with wooden pegs. It probably was a grand barn in it's day.

cleaning out the barn

This is the horses' side of the barn. Obviously, we're not finished with the cleaning out part, but we have a good start on it. I took 4 more bags out this afternoon.

The rabbit side of the barn looks pretty good now. The door to the other side is visible (and open) on the right.

Adding gravel to help with the very soft spot

just a little off the road. That is right where the car tires settle when I bring it here. The truck is longer, but still has to go through the muddy depression to get parked.

More property pictures

This is the well. I was expecting a drilled type, so it was a bit of a surprise to find a dug well. I guess we'll put up a little house for it, maybe with the bucket and crank. Norman Rockwell would be proud.

Heather is coming out the back door of the barn. It measures 24 feet square, which is slightly larger than I guessed it was.

Looking down to the creek on the back corner. This is where we don't want the horses to wander.

Heather is standing at the edge of the pasture drop-off.

This is a little farther down the creek, but still part of our section.