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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
This morning on Craigslist I found an ad asking for the removal of a barn and a double corn crib. I was drooling over the thought of all the lumber DH and I would have if we tore down that barn! Even talked about pulling together our friends to help with the disassembly and share the wealth of lumber with them.
Emailed the guy, heard back, called him on the phone....we won't be getting the barn.
DH and I would want to take the pieces apart carefully, salvage as much as we could, as the barn is hand hewn and put together with wooden nails. We were hoping the gentlemen would be lenient a bit with the time frame (as in 2-3 weeks to disassemble and remove). He has an offer from someone who's closer to him who can start the job next week (which is when we would have been able to do it, too) and they said they would have it out in 1 week, at the most 2. I couldn't definitely say I could do that.
So we passed up on this beautiful old barn.
I just hate it when a good deal comes along and you can't take it.
On the other hand, it would have cost us dearly in gas and time to go and get it, so I'm sure it's for the best anyway. I just love old barns, though.
Last night we went to Becky's (BeccaOh here) and picked up a pair of guineas she had for us. They are pretty loud. They are in my coop area for now, and have spent all morning screeching at us everytime we walk buy.
Becky showed us her new outbuilding and how she had her runs fixed up. She used a pallet topper for a gate, and we thought it was such a neat idea! She is so generous, too, as she sent 4 pallet toppers to use as gates home with us, plus an old garden gate that she wasn't using! Becky is the one who got me started on using pallets for things, and she is the one who gave us the idea for the A-Frame from pallets, we just revised it our way.
We had a little bit of rain last night, but just a few passing 5 minute showers. I'm ready for a good down pour! My rain barrels are empty.
Today we are planning to build a day time pen for my ducklings. I think they need to be separated out from my chicks during the day. For one, they go through sooooo much more water than the chicks, and if I put them in their own day pen, I can put their own little pool for water in with them without having the worry of a chick drowning.
I did email the woman back about the Alpacas. I told her as much as it pains me to do so, I would have to pass at this time. I realize her Alpacas are insanely cheap right now, but the timing just isn't right. She was very understanding and told me to let her know if anything changes on our end. I don't see that happening, but who knows?
For now, Alpacas are still just a dream.
Emailed the guy, heard back, called him on the phone....we won't be getting the barn.
DH and I would want to take the pieces apart carefully, salvage as much as we could, as the barn is hand hewn and put together with wooden nails. We were hoping the gentlemen would be lenient a bit with the time frame (as in 2-3 weeks to disassemble and remove). He has an offer from someone who's closer to him who can start the job next week (which is when we would have been able to do it, too) and they said they would have it out in 1 week, at the most 2. I couldn't definitely say I could do that.
So we passed up on this beautiful old barn.
I just hate it when a good deal comes along and you can't take it.On the other hand, it would have cost us dearly in gas and time to go and get it, so I'm sure it's for the best anyway. I just love old barns, though.
Last night we went to Becky's (BeccaOh here) and picked up a pair of guineas she had for us. They are pretty loud. They are in my coop area for now, and have spent all morning screeching at us everytime we walk buy.
Becky showed us her new outbuilding and how she had her runs fixed up. She used a pallet topper for a gate, and we thought it was such a neat idea! She is so generous, too, as she sent 4 pallet toppers to use as gates home with us, plus an old garden gate that she wasn't using! Becky is the one who got me started on using pallets for things, and she is the one who gave us the idea for the A-Frame from pallets, we just revised it our way.
We had a little bit of rain last night, but just a few passing 5 minute showers. I'm ready for a good down pour! My rain barrels are empty.
Today we are planning to build a day time pen for my ducklings. I think they need to be separated out from my chicks during the day. For one, they go through sooooo much more water than the chicks, and if I put them in their own day pen, I can put their own little pool for water in with them without having the worry of a chick drowning.
I did email the woman back about the Alpacas. I told her as much as it pains me to do so, I would have to pass at this time. I realize her Alpacas are insanely cheap right now, but the timing just isn't right. She was very understanding and told me to let her know if anything changes on our end. I don't see that happening, but who knows?
For now, Alpacas are still just a dream.
