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[Majombaszo]

Coop floor is in, linoleum is half done, interior walls will go up today. Next is the construction of all of the interior 'furniture' and then finally the facade. 400 feet of fencing has been ordered (which is way too much, really) so we have the fun of attempting to get posts in this gawdawful hard and rocky ground. Now if only the little buggers would just feather out so they can move out of my pantry!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Coop floor is in, linoleum is half done, interior walls will go up today.  Next is the construction of all of the interior 'furniture' and then finally the facade.  400 feet of fencing has been ordered (which is way too much, really) so we have the fun of attempting to get posts in this gawdawful hard and rocky ground.  Now if only the little buggers would just feather out so they can move out of my pantry!

This reminds me of a conversation, long ago, between my Dad, a Puget Sound logger/farmer/ditch-digger/powdermonkey and three of my WSU friends who'd just finished an archaeological survey/test excavation at Fort Nisqually, that started with the team leader saying "Everybody has always read the factor's diaries and wondered why the palisade was set eighteen inches deep instead of the thirty-six that was standard for Hudson Bay Company Forts..."

You will need a spade-footed digging bar, at least two sharpened round-nosed spades, and a posthole spoon or, my preference, somebody else to dig the holes. Do not try to dig postholes in cemebted glacial till/soils of the Everson series with a double-handled posthole digger or a square shovel.

 

[StarryEyzz]

Here are a few pics of the Bantam that I got from the co-op. Any ideas of type?
Fast little thing....I had about a million blurry pictures to delete just getting these three! HA

 

[Teva]

MikeyB,

How are the rafters attached to the roof of your new coop? It's looking good.

I'm trying to figure out how to do the rafters on mine at the moment.

 

[mikeyb]

This reminds me of a conversation, long ago, between my Dad, a Puget Sound logger/farmer/ditch-digger/powdermonkey and three of my WSU friends who'd just finished an archaeological survey/test excavation at Fort Nisqually, that started with the team leader saying "Everybody has always read the factor's diaries and wondered why the palisade was set eighteen inches deep instead of the thirty-six that was standard for Hudson Bay Company Forts..."
You will need a spade-footed digging bar, at least two sharpened round-nosed spades, and a posthole spoon or, my preference, somebody else to dig the holes. Do not try to dig postholes in cemebted glacial till/soils of the Everson series with a double-handled posthole digger or a square shovel.

the spade foot is excellent and I also use a pointed probe (6') to help dislodge rocks in the posthole. The weight alone is often enough to do the job. I like your "preference" the best of all.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

One egg has hatched!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

Hi WA Peeps & Quackers!!!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend! Hope no one got sunburned!

My DD's performed in all 4 Daffodil Parades yesterday and their poor faces are pink pink pink!! They must have sweated off the sunscreen!

I have been trying to get some cleaning done around the house. BORING!!! But hey! Somebody has to do it!

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO AWESOME!!!!

HI Toni...hows it going? Ready for me to come visit again? LOL. BTW...Toni is a wonderful hostess.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

This reminds me of a conversation, long ago, between my Dad, a Puget Sound logger/farmer/ditch-digger/powdermonkey and three of my WSU friends who'd just finished an archaeological survey/test excavation at Fort Nisqually, that started with the team leader saying "Everybody has always read the factor's diaries and wondered why the palisade was set eighteen inches deep instead of the thirty-six that was standard for Hudson Bay Company Forts..."

You will need a spade-footed digging bar, at least two sharpened round-nosed spades, and a posthole spoon or, my preference, somebody else to dig the holes. Do not try to dig postholes in cemebted glacial till/soils of the Everson series with a double-handled posthole digger or a square shovel.

the spade foot is excellent and I also use a pointed probe (6') to help dislodge rocks in the posthole. The weight alone is often enough to do the job. I like your "preference" the best of all.

 

Spoken like someone who's dug postholes in Western Washington.

Of course, after having experience in various rocky glacial soils during my childhood, my husband and I moved back to the place my parents were living when I was born, one of those weird lake-shore sand dunes that the old soil maps label "Nisqually Silt Sand Loam 5-15% slope" and the biggest problem is not having the post-hole collapse in on itself before you can get the post upright. Great soil for apple trees and roses and chickens, not so wonderful for unirrigated pasture or fence-corners.

 

[KMoran]

Hey I had a quick question. I know a few people on here have goats..... is there anyone who sells goats milk? I wouldnt need much maybe a half a gallon maybe a gallon. I just wanna make a batch of Oatmeal Honey Soap for my 2 year old. ( he has really sensitive skin).

 

[Majombaszo]

This reminds me of a conversation, long ago, between my Dad, a Puget Sound logger/farmer/ditch-digger/powdermonkey and three of my WSU friends who'd just finished an archaeological survey/test excavation at Fort Nisqually, that started with the team leader saying "Everybody has always read the factor's diaries and wondered why the palisade was set eighteen inches deep instead of the thirty-six that was standard for Hudson Bay Company Forts..."
You will need a spade-footed digging bar, at least two sharpened round-nosed spades, and a posthole spoon or, my preference, somebody else to dig the holes. Do not try to dig postholes in cemebted glacial till/soils of the Everson series with a double-handled posthole digger or a square shovel.

I'm going with "neighbor in need of work owns an auger" as my Door Number Two!

I attempted to transplant an apple tree yesterday and it turned out that the Ideal Spot was the spot that I found where I could dig deeper than an inch. Thrive or dig your own hole!