Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter

[Alexz7272]

We sometimes go out to the Makers Faire in San Mateo which is in May! The boy is an inventor, so he loves that stuff & he has some patents & pending ones so he likes to scope out the competition
But trust me, I would make him make the trip up if you ever wanted, I'd love to see more of California

 

[babsbag]

I know that shade cloth applied horizontally lets rain through but does anyone have any experience on how well it performs vertically with wind blown rain? I know that there are varying degrees of shade cloth too which may make a difference.

This picture is a strange perspective but I need to cover the area above the green metal roof to the top of the arch. I want something that can breathe for summer but it has to keep most (all would be awesome) of the rain out. This is the south side of the barn and our wind and rain comes from the south. Getting up and down off the roof is tough and the metal isn't designed to be walked on so I am looking for something I don't have to take down every spring.

Gosh, it was so nice and dry when I tool this picture.

 

[Baymule]

Could someone please tell me what am I going to do in March when I have 25 does due in a 30 day period?

Sure, that's easy! You just WON'T SLEEP for a month!

On the washed out culvert, the best way to fix it is with stacked bags of cement. Start at the bottom, off setting them as you go up. Stab them together with rebar and they will be there forever. Backfill with dirt.

 

[babsbag]

On the washed out culvert, the best way to fix it is with stacked bags of cement. Start at the bottom, off setting them as you go up. Stab them together with rebar and they will be there forever. Backfill with dirt.

Sounds like a plan I can live with. We hope to make it through this winter and maybe add another culvert.

 

[Mike CHS]

We changed our breeding plans to not have more that a dozen due in the same month. We are are breeding 10 in July and the other 7 in November.

I'm not sure what we will do next year when we have 40.

 

[CntryBoy777]

About that shade cloth and blowing rain...put up a couple of vinyl panels as louvers...ya can get those in sheets at HDepot or Lowe's...and in Clear if ya choose...it will knock down the water, but would have ventilation too....may have to find some 2x4s for a frame or brace...if ya screw them in tbey could be taken down easily, or just leave up.
Are ya suppose to get some more anytime soon?

 

[babsbag]

That's a good idea. I am still waiting to hear from FarmTek about the shade cloth and a hem in one side that will accept a length of pipe. We have the pipe so might as well use it and that will give me a way to anchor the shade cloth to the roof so it doesn't blow around.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Use some old shower curtain liners...they are solid and repel, the shade cloth will rip in some of the Winds ya get out there....just an after thought.

 

[babsbag]

I was just looking for something that would let air through. I would love to build some kind of frame with windows that slide or hinge somehow and someday that may happen. There isn't a whole lot of height between the top of the add on and the hoop, maybe 4.5' at the peak so there isn't much to work with. And it is a long ways up there too, about 15' to the top of the arch so we have to use the orchard ladder and it has a really wide base and hard to maneuver in the barn alley way. It was so nice in there last summer with it all open that I hate to block the air flow at all.

 

[babsbag]

It seems that the loan on the adjacent land is finally approved. I was told today that the closing papers will be going to the title company next week. Now to resist the temptation to stop work on the dairy and work on fencing...I need to hire the fencing done.