The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

I wanted to go up and call on the neighbors, but DH wanted to put it off. They do have a big nasty looking dog. I could take bear spray along.

 

[drumstick diva]

People with big nasty looking dogs, usually have them for a reason. They don't welcome strangers - maybe not family either.

My neighbors used to help me with odds and ends without asking them. That ended a couple years ago

 

[drumstick diva]

PS their dog still loves me though. I don't bribe her with treats, I'm just very good at ear rubs.

 

[CapricornFarm]

People with big nasty looking dogs, usually have them for a reason. They don't welcome strangers - maybe not family either.

My neighbors used to help me with odds and ends without asking them. That ended a couple years ago

We wave when we go by, and they wave back. They just have this big part Rottweiler looking dog that sounds mean. I was thinking of driving over in the car sometime, don't get out unless they say its ok.

 

[microchick]

Ronott1, yep, vapor barrier is in the plan. This house is the craziest built home I've ever had the pleasure of owning. This Amish man who built it, builds absolutely gorgeous cabinets but we swear he never used a level or a square when he built the house and shop. The windows are all in crooked, the inside walls slant, the windows and doors weren't caulked. We have owned the place for 8 years this year and it's been one non stop project.

And will somebody PLEASE 'spain to me why they Amish don't finish their homes? Is it an individual community thing or what? Every Amish home I've been in, where people younger than we are live in the house, the house is never finished. No mop boards, no window sills, no finished corners on the dry wall. Just very crude, rough building and finishing. I've been in one home where it was finished and the owner was the father of the man we bought our property from.

SGC, good news about your knee.

I just came in from raking the runs and locking up. It's been so hot and muggy here that it's just about impossible to get anything done during the day. While I was out raking, DH came out and did some mowing with the tractor and finishing mower. He had to use his headlights.

I'm not anxious for fall but I sure would pay real money for a few days where the temps were in the low 80s and the humidity was around 30%.

 

[pennyJo1960]

that is where are climates are easier that way but not for everyone either we do
get allot of rain when it is sunny it is incomparable

 

[getaclue]

I heard a bit of noise coming from the coop area, so I drove back to check. 2 coops all have birds on their roosts, sleeping. 2 coops all the birds are on the ground sleeping. No predators, no mice, no rats, no snakes. The only thing I could think of as to why they would be on the ground, involves the fans. The 2 coops where the chickens are on their roosts, the fans blow directly on the roosts. The 2 coops where the chickens are on the ground, the fans don't blow directly on the roosts, but on the ground where they are laying.

Maybe it's still too hot for them in the evening, so they don't get up on the roost.

 

[Alaskan]

And will somebody PLEASE 'spain to me why they Amish don't finish their homes? Is it an individual community thing or what?

Dunno about them...

But up here, if you built the home yourself, it is a rare thing to have it totally finished.

Maybe it is that so many Alaskan's, like the Amish, don't have 9 to 5 type jobs. Often it is "work until you drop", which means those silly things like sheet rock or window trim get stuck down at the bottom of the to do list.

I have been in several houses where the insulation was still exposed...which was a good thing...because then you could easily tell if your roof sprung a leak and started molding the insulation.

The house my sister bought up here had a tarp for a roof.... for I think two years.....

 

[CapricornFarm]

This house has a ton of things not finished. Like caulk between logs, trim boards etc. No fans in bathroom, just holes. Husband has been working on them.

 

[Alaskan]

Aaaaah....


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