summer greens at Mountain Glen Farm

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Cleaning the Barn Continues - Stall, Tack Room/Feed Storage


The cleaning of the barn continues, slowly.

This past week Becky cleaned another 1/6 of the barn - the stall and the tack room/feed storage area.  Both look fabulous - clean and orderly, for a change.


The  last time the stall was used was when Becky purchased 30 day-old chicks in April 2010.  We still had our old laying hens in the chicken house, so the chicks needed a place to grow.  The stall was perfect - safe from predators and an outside door for fresh air and sunshine. After the chicks grew and moved out, the stall remained unused and uncleaned.  Becky removed everything - old hay, chick feeder, cobwebs.  The stall is ready for its next occupant.


The tack room/feed storage area gets an annual cleaning, believe it or not. (see photo below, left) The tack gets dusty from the feed.  And,  the storing of the feed sacks always seems to be haphazard.  Glenn is the main culprit here as he is the one who can throw around the 50 pound sacks of feed.  But, once a sack is empty, he just throws it on the floor.  A year's worth of empty feed sacks is quite a pile.  Then there is the miscellany of fencing supplies that adds to the clutter.  This room is not very big.




So, Becky removed everything and cleaned - got rid of  the cobwebs, swept up the dirt and wasted feed from the floor, and hosed down the entire room.  She cleaned the tack before organizing it on the shelf and hooks, took the old paper feed sacks to the burn pile, threw the junk in the trash.  Fencing material is finding a new home.  Glenn neatly stacked the bags of feed, minerals, and sea salt. Voila - clean and tidy.  Now, to  keep it that way....c'mon guys, we can do it!
























Another 1/6 of the barn complete...only 2/3 left to clean and reorganize.  Will we make the goal (end of August 2011) I set?   No, not in any way, shape, or form. 

September 2011, anyone?

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