Today was a good day with the completion of the spring tight fence in the back pasture. All the post were pounded in the wire was strung and the ends were connected so electricity could flow threw to the new section. this fence served as a final exam of my fencing skills considering i had to put all my skills to use. In the past couple of weeks i have worked with temporary fence, spring tight fence, and other various ways of fencing. With most of my pastures fenced in and fixed now it is time to move onto the next page of my project which is cultivation of fields. I will be learning how to till the field, fertilize the field, and seed the field. At the other end of my project tomorrow will be a good day with the help of Brad again we should be making a good amount of head way of the foundation for the sugar house. My goal would be to have the area ready for concrete by the end of next week.
With my last day at cloudland farm today i started off with plowing the back field. This is the same one that i had put up the spring tight fence. For the most part is was self explanatory except for little parts. Like when you catch a rock or some ledge. With the more time you spend in the field the better you get. the next steps will be pulling out all the rock and disc harrowing the field.
Today was finally a day of closer to part of the sugar house. The footing got poured all around the base. tomorrow will be another big day with forms going up for the four foot frost walls. Today i learned how to set forms. tie the forms all together and set rebar inside the forms. All of these were new experiences for me which is always nice because it mixes things up.
From top to the bottom are, an example of the spring tight fence we use, then the foundation hole for the sugar house, and finally the corral for moving cattle. If notice that it is hard to find time in the day to even do a simple blog posting. I will be trying to stay more current now that things are some what slowing down.
