Old Barn and Saying Goodbye

This is where they are rebuilding the feed bunk.  This is the barn that the weaned calves go so they can be checked and are hand feed

They are rebuilding both outside walls with concrete walls about 3 feet.  This is the east wall

West wall  sure will be nice when done

Maybe old but very strong sure worth a little refurbishing

This is the goodbye part of the story  A neighbor who was very active in 4-H  FFA  Antique Machinery
Very active in church and community, was a  close neighbor and friend.  A Retired State Policeman  an aggressive cancer took his life the 1st of the week.  Today the funeral passed by  his tractors  along the state Hwy 67 headed to his final resting place in Stendal In.   Rod you will be missed.

Barn Report

The barn is about done  and the Silo is gone looks different.  The barn has new doors and a couple of windows. and a place for the elevator to be placed    .  

I remember how hot it got in the loft of the barn so I know how important it is to have some ventilation.  They poured approaches at all the doors and added concrete to the back where the feeders sit.  I will take some pictures of the inside  it looks nice

This is the next barn to get some repairs.    It doesn't take long when you have 5 fellows all work at different jobs.   So far I think it has gone smoothly with no big glitches.   I am going to rug hook in the Pioneer Village at the State Fair tomorrow with 3 other from our store.    We meet on Sat from 10 to 12   Bring your rug and come join us  28 N Main Street Martinsville Indiana     Until next time enjoy this cooler temperature  just wish it could stay

Full House

This morning I  looked out the window and had a full house that is Hummingbirds  I have feed them for years but have never  seen that many at one time.  They are amazing little birds.  They were about a month late in arriving at the farm.  Which made them late in breeding.    Thought I would share my good fortune.

 

Added another bird bath when I caught a little bird trying to drink out of the top cap that I use to keep ants out.

Going Going Gone

 This is the Silo that I mentioned in my blog a few weeks ago.  It came down the other day.  They are still working on the barn.  Kind of sad to see a piece of history leave our farm.  At one time they did milk some cows here. Take care.  We are still waiting on that rain not enough to wet the drive way.

 My sister asked me what a silo was made of  here is the answer looks like stepping stones but these have a tongue and grove  that attached them together.    There were the metal bands around that were tightened down to hold it together.  The blocks were only 4 or so inches I thought they would be thicker.

There was a small room next to the silo that the farmer would work out of  8 by 8 every ring of the silo had one of these doors to unload silage.  This was definitely an old silo  This room was attached to the barn

You can see it goes to the top

The Gentleman said you knock out the bottom blocks and she will go

I think he was right   They removed 4 or 5 blocks with slug hammers

Murals

 A friend of my is into painting Murals  This is the second one in a year.  These are very large   this bldg is a laundromat.  It is located in the Martinsville Shopping center next to Trader Bakers store.  Sally Hedges is the artist..    If you are interested she is for hire.    Has been looking for another wall to paint. Google her I am sure you will find her.  She lives in Martinsville.
  Went to a State Fair function last night I will tell you about next time.  Saw lots of my state fair friends  you know the ones you don't see all year and then it is homecoming week and you have so much to talk about.

This little angel is Sally's niece Lilly.  She went to heaven this year.

Barn Repair

Well it has been  2 to 3 weeks since The Amish have worked at our farm.  They were called  by one of their customers that is a Turkey Farmer who lost a barn to a storm.  Must not of been around here.   We just got a shower and I looked out and there are dry spots in the drive didn't make it through the trees.   You can see the guys got nervous about the  hay in the barn and the barn inside would get wet. They put up some blue tarps to protect from the rain.  Our County Fair starts today  the Open Swine Show is tonight  hope to get out for  a little while.  Glad this week is ending .  Take care until next time  

Bale Fire

Where there is smoke there is fire.   They were all  together

This is how I spend my day on Monday watching our round bales burn up all 150 of them .   Our 1st cutting  great hay but for some reason  we no longer have hay and will have to find some to replace our loss. There were over 100 men and women  from 15 different Fire Departments fought this fire.   We had lots of help it started around 4:00 pm and it was after 11:00 when they all left.  The state hwy was closed for several hours. We know it is dry but a tree fell, caught the power line and you have a real blazer.      We can't thank the Fire Fighters enough for all they did for us yesterday.  This fire was contained to the South side of the railroad tracks which helped a lot.  In one of the pictures it show a secondary fire along the corn field but they got it out right away.   Take care and stay safe 

Secondary fire along corn field

This is 11:00 o'clock at night  one last shot of water.