Build a Barn: The water line is in! Hi all, its Heidi. The cold weather sure put us behind for a bit, but we have been catching up and using muscles never before used! I think in any big project you hit a point when you are just ready to be done. We are there now but doing our best to trudge forward and keep putting one foot in front of the other! Jared has done such a beautiful job on the barn that I cant wait for Q to use it. Julie was here to see the whole place last week and said it looked pretty enough to be a house :-) The water line is in and finally testing well. We will have two automatic waterers (one inside and one out) plus a frost-free hydrant. Because we had such a wide and deep ditch, we hand filled about a foot of softer soil throughout the 180 foot line. We wanted to make sure that the pressure of the 4 feet of dirt that needed to be filled in wouldnt hurt the Pex pipe line if it were all back filled with a tractor. We have some clumpy and rocky soil! We are playing it safe and making sure all the rest goes smoothly! That was a fun filled weekend and my arms have never felt so strong (or sore!). My husband Jared started filling in the rest of the dirt with the tractor and it is looking better out there! You can now walk from the house to the barn again without jumping a big trench! Next on the list? The inside of the stalls (getting road base to level out the base layer) and the fencing. We have all the fencing supplies on hand but couldnt work on that until the trenches were gone. Still much to do, but all is well and theres a light at the end of the tunnel! I did get in a quick ride down the road with Q last week. Ill be so glad to have him with me, but so thankful hes happy and safe and in good hands. Thank you all and more soon as we get geared up to get him home! Thinking of building a barn? Please read the entire saga here! https://facebook/notes/julie-goodnight-horsemanship/build-a-barn-heidis-small-acreage-barn-planning/10152676703656518
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:22:22 +0000
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