Catching Rain

The barn now has a roof and gutters, and has caught some rain.

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Barn Frame

The frame of the barn is now up and welded in place.  Everything is now ready for the covering.

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Back to School

School's started again and Leo is happy as a pig.

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Barn Beginnings

Construction of the Food Web model system has now begun. It's exciting!

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Tank Retaining Walls

The tank walls are now held against the pressure of the water contained within in.

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Apple Juice

We used the crate of apples we recently collected to make almost three gallons of delicious juice.

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Tank Overflow and Sides

We got to spend a full day working on the barn tank today, without kids.

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Canning Pickles

We canned the cucumbers we were given the other day - made two quart and two pint jars.

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Share the Seeds

We gave a friend a bunch of seeds in Spring, and he just returned them in kind...

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Plums

We are inundated with plums from a tree we planted three years ago.

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