As beginning farmers, our farm is constantly developing, and we are often constructing new buildings and new ideas!
Sometimes building a farm also requires taking down buildings. We pulled down (literally) this barn and have been putting the lumber and other leftover supplies for other building projects.
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| Before |
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Below is our first attempt at a Hen-a-bago. We made it large enough to accommodate our first batch of chickens we hatched for
egg layers.
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| Hen-a-bago I |
This is our second
Hen-a-bago. Much larger than our first and able to accommodate more chickens. These are our younger chickens, but they have started to lay eggs! This Hen-a-bago is more difficult to move though, you can read more about that on a
blog post.
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| The beginnings of Hen-a-bago II |
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| Hen-a-bago II |
Fencing always seems to be a necessity for a farm. A lot of fencing has been put in.
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| Charlie and our son setting a post. Photo, courtesy of Jami Ansell |
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| Photo, courtesy of Jami Ansell |
We are grateful to the many friends and family who have helped us with building our farm. Here we are having help with building our herb bed.
A greenhouse was here when we moved in, so we have been working to get it cleaned up and ready for starting seeds later in the winter.
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| We built a cold frame to feed us through the winter just in case we have another ice storm! |
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| The cold frame loaded with starts. |
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| Charlie building an addition to the tobacco barn for grain storage. |
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| Making progress. |
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| The grain storage fulled with 1 ton totes of chicken feed. |
