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[KazAnder Farms]

Sooooo, my wife and have decided to build a barn. Hoooooooo boy. I wonder if anyone out here has had experience with such a thing? I know how to build a basic structure but this is a little daunting. My father in law said he'd help me with leveling the ground and laying the foundation (slab). After calculating our partitioning ability, and need for different spaces, including a 24'x8' storage section, this monster is going to be roughly 2800 sqft. Keep in mind the house is only 1870 sqft. We're going to try to accumulate as much of the material beforehand before we try to gather the neighborhood for a barn raising. Any suggestions?

 

[Chickielady]

How big ? I have approved barn plans I bought, and can share, from 'barnplans.com'

 

[Chickielady]

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Now an iron run....that would REALLY be predator-proof!

Awww, but would not last long here in the "swamp"

Where has Chatty Chavez been all day ?

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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[Chickielady]

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I think Hallerlake should be the first victim, I mean patient, I mean winner!.. yeah thats it

Hallerlake wins the first coop raising

Dang! I was about ready to teach the class but but but...heck there is red bridge beer and GF pizza in the city.
And y'all want to learn barn raising..it will be going on here this spring/summer if I have to take out a loan ??

 

[Chicken Rustler]

ooops see what I mean !!!! guess I better do a better job of chechin before I post.

 

[Zgoatlady]

Chicken Rustler
Thank you so much. Cant belive I never saw that.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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FYI beer is just plain NASTY.

And I thought God Fathers pizza went out of business.

 

[Chickielady]

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I have a little church 2 blocks from my place that rents out the lower level for many things. I can go check the kitchen and cost out. This would work well for my mom and I since neither of us can drive... and if something is needed I can always walk back home and grab it. But its a long way from many of ya so I dunno.

We will be canning about 25-50 chickens from Scott (patriot farms) sometime next month. He has a batch of Roos that he will be culling. Mom and I are on a tight budget so we have been trying to gleen anything we can as well as buy bulk meats and can it. We have a ton of jars and I know of many places to get wild berries or fruit from "lost" trees. I'm still hunting for a clean patch of salal (not sprayed with anything.) and huckleberries.

If anyone knows of a old orchards or fields not used but still growing?

You canning meat, better have a good presser canner, and get a new seal (every year) and have it tested...there is a web site for all this.
My grange is started up here in Raymond..every Sunday afternoon, which is akward for alot of people...Church and NASCAR>>!!

 

[Illia]

Chatty Chavez has been busy

Well, as someone on here said, the bobcat will be back sometime. . . And back it was indeed! This morning the girls were squawking about something and I just couldn't see it. For nearly an hour of doing my morning chores around the farm, I never realized that the "tree trunk" across from the pasture fencing was actually the bobcat, back, and staring at the flock, flicking its stumpy tail around. Once I finally realized what it was, I noticed a huge swarm of hens idiotically all teaming up and stalking up on it. I shouted and threw objects, no one cared. . . So, I immediately jumped the fence and went running out there with a stick, flailing it and shouting. I scared the bobcat off, but was on edge. Later on in the day, towards noon, AGAIN the dumb cat was staring at the flock, same place, luckily still on the other side of the fence. So, I went running out there, ironically with a knife in my hand, and hurled it towards the cat. I missed by about 10 feet, (the cat was over 100 feet from me) and it didn't even budge!!!

So, I chased it off, and finally decided to get my big Akita out there and tie him up on a long line where the bobcat normally stalks. Didn't have a problem since then, and all the hens were scattered peacefully throughout the pasture

On top of that menagerie, I've been planting hundreds of seeds. Eggplants, lettuce, fennel, thyme, terragon, bok choy, parsley, dill, yarrow, and swiss chard.

Before that, I transplanted all my baby tomatoes to big pots, and transplanted all my biggest pepper babies to bigger pots as well. And to add to the crazy excitement, my adult peppers I've been housing in the kitchen all last summer, fall, and now winter are just beginning to flower!!!

I'll expect some peppers to emerge in just a few more weeks!!

Next week I'll be planting even more seeds, and the week after that I'll move on the the much anticipated melons and squash. Plus we've got a guy we're hiring to help build us some raised beds and one huge greenhouse. SO excited!!!