It is done! The front cattle guard is now completed. We have an iron rim fence on both sides and the rims are all welded together into one unit. I only had six rims left over when we were all done. Pretty good guessing on how many I would need. We had to shovel the ground bare before starting so no fires were caused. I had six gallons of water ready, but we didn't start a single small little fire. Very nice compared to the fire we started in the spring. I will go across the road eventually and get a picture of the entire entrance. It may take a while.
I ran out of gate latches again so I had Jason weld another dozen and two of those are already needed plus I am installing two more gates next month. In 8 months I will need another dozen. I need to start picking up scrap chain at the junkyard. I have used up everything I have found on the farm. I snagged some cheap this summer at a couple of yard sales. I hang them on the fence so I don't lose them.
We loaded the two ton of straw into the barn and spread some out in the animal portion of the barn. Two tons of straw is 60 bales, so we have enough for two years. Since Jason was welding, I had him put on two more chain hooks on the tractor. I just need to hit them with a little John Deere green paint and it will be good to go.
Sarah has been working on filling up the bridge concrete piers with dirt. I will relevel the bridge in the spring after everything settles down. I was thinking I was all ready for winter, but I still need to install the cross fence in the barn lot (sprinkler going now to soften dirt), fix fence by schoolhouse, install metal roofing on back wall of horse stalls so they quit cribbing the back wall, dig out stalls with tractor, install cow panel circles around new trees, transplant 12 black walnut trees and disc/replant upper prime pasture. Just a few things before the ground freezes. Oh and pull the pump out of front creek and replace pressure switch. Good thing I have some vacation next month!
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| Another batch of gate latches ready to go. |
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| Two ton of straw ready for a couple of winters. |
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| Three hooks across my tractor bucket now! I can really pick up stuff. |
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