Here is a shed we are putting up out on the farm. It is 8'x10' and primarily will be used for storage. As of right now there are no buildings or electricity on the farm, so we need a home base for tools, supplies, and the generator. Hard to tell from the picture but the shed is on 4"x4" skids to make it semi-mobile. Who knows what it may become one day, a brooder building, a hen house..an on site cabin those late nights at the farm....etc.
Our next step is testing the water in the shallow well which has not been used for at least 10 years. If the water is ok, than we will pump it into our 500 gallon water tank. The tank will be mounted to a trailer frame and become our water wagon from which we will gravity feed water to the chickens and pigs this spring.
Way off in the distance behind the shed, you can see the field that the broilers will rotate through this summer. This is a lower field that is buffered from the prevailing winds.
Not too exciting yet, but we will be very busy with the infrastructure throughout the winter. We plan on keeping everyone updated with pictures as we go.
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ReplyDeleteAnd I've decided it's going to be a fun farming adventure! Sean and I spent a day last week putting the roof on the shed. It was eventful: 45 degrees, raining, one kid w/o her much needed nap and the other begging to climb the ladder, two apples to split between 4 of us (poor planning), and only 3 hours of daylight left to do it all. At the time I thought, "Why did I agree to all this?" But in the end, it was very satisfying seeing the finished product, knowing I helped build it, and realizing farming is not all sunshine and scrambled eggs. It is hard work too!
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