Barn Cleaning

It's not the most fun job to do on a hot summer morning, but it was enjoyable working along side Emery as we cleaned the barn, milk house and hay barn. It took us almost 4 hours to get it all done, and since we started early in the morning, we were finished and in the house by lunch time. Hard work is good for you and we had lots of time to chat while we worked. At first I let the goats be walking around as we worked, but then after two full wheel barrow loads of nasty old hay got tipped over by Licorice, they were hooked to the fence for a bit ! No one wants to mess with nasty hay twice needlessly. Emery and I took turns inside the barn, scrapping up the nasty stuff, but my good husband hauled every load to the compost pile.

Emery and I took some breaks under the China berry Tree, sipping cool water and letting the gentle breeze cool us. When the job was done and everything was clean and fresh, we felt a deep sense of satisfaction and a bit of pleasure knowing it would be months before we had to do this big job again.

I raked the pasture yesterday, it looked good, then this morning discovered someone was tunneling all around the place. Not sure which kind of critter it is, time will tell.