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Oh Southern! I am so sorry to hear about your erosion woes. What a mess!!! Prayers are coming your way.Well we looked at many ideas, plans, and I did many drawings... We went from building it ourselves to having it done...
We were all ready to go, then I had a "check" a feeling that I needed to wait. Because I had no peace about it I told Dh and we are waiting. He was going to call the company and get it all going. Not sure what I am waiting for really.
Part of me thinks well maybe we will be moving soon, part of me didn't like the cost and felt there was a better way.
I was doing great with that decision... until the rains came in! We had standing water everywhere, mud everywhere.
Where I want to build my barn is dry and the field is in good shape. Where the building is now we have had so much erosion the only way to repair is to bring in a lot of dirt and reseed. Can't do that if the goats, dogs, and chickens are there. So it was a BAD day. Sliding in mud.
I had a great friend stop by and deliver to us a pile of wood from the mill. HEAVY wood! Rough cut, un-planed raw wood planks!
Another friend, a former customer, delivered 42 feet x 12 feet of roofing about a month ago. The roofing was good but they had torn buildings down.
Soooo leads me to believe we are to build this ourselves. Step by step. It will save us thousands of dollars. I know it won't be my "ideal" barn for some time but I feel better about it.
I have been so stressed about the property. The erosion started in the 2012-2013 season we had 9 months of rain. The 13/14 season was cold and went LONG, so missed opportunities for repair...
The land has a bad slope and it runs one way... always did fine until that one year of so much flooding it killed everything, hence the erosion... add goats and chickens and dogs and the seasonal streams overflowing- well- a mess.
I know you all get it... mud and wet = parasites & possible cocci too! Hoof issues... so that has been heavy on my mind.
Dreaming of the Bahamas! LOL
