My mom’s dad had a stroke later in life, so he had trouble getting around his property. Having someplace to sit was vital to being able to continue enjoying his property … I always wanted to do something similar for our property. We found an auction for dozens of benches at a nearby university — getting them home is an undertaking, and they need some cleanup. But we absolutely will have some place to sit anywhere on the farm now!
We’ve got catkins forming for next year already!
The first hazelnuts are falling, and Anya has been hunting them in the grass.
When we picked up the field goal posts, we also checked out a Polaris Ranger EV that was being auctioned by a park / habitat preservation entity. We actually won the auction! Scott and Anya went out today to pick it up. The batteries are shot (of course! We’d measured the voltages already and bid with the assumption that new batteries would be needed), but everything looks solid otherwise. Fingers crossed we can get 48v of the batteries working to boot it up and confirm everything is functional.
Or, at least, the material to make some farm gates. These are field goal posts that pivot so you can do non-football things with the stadium. Less tall, and they will pivot to let vehicles pass.
Another government auction deal – $36 for 700 or 800 pounds of aluminum tubes that we’ll make into gates. The field goal system is designed to rotate to allow the field to be used for non-football purposes … which should be perfect for swinging a gate across the driveways and farm road.
We’ve taken the UTV through a few places in the woods that could have used a flailing first … however clipping a hornet nest was still a surprise! Luckily no hornets followed
We are putting together a 10’x30′ enclosed growing space – several inches of wood chips that were laid down last year are turning into fertile soil. We’ve got a chain link fence enclosure around it to keep the critters out. Almost ready for planting!
