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misfitmorgan
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Thank you so much everyone!!
Wow we are still moving. Got everything out of the old trailer as of last friday.
All the livestock is moved and in temporary pens or stalls. The goats, sheep, geese and llama ended up being put into the old wood shed/car port thingy(looks like someone took an aluminum carport and build a wood building around/over it) with their electric net fence. DH and a friend of ours built a large sturdy pen on the one end of the workshop where it looks like it used to be some sort of large chicken coop or dog run, the floor is dirt over there and it has a pop door. The pigs have no outside access for now but it seems to be working for a bit and may become their winter set-up. The two mini pigs are loose in the rest of the shop along with all the poultry except the geese. The mini pigs will be put out with the sheep/goats. The poultry i think are going to go in the bottom of the "barn" for winter.
We found there is an old water line that runs to the old barn but it needs fitting and to be hooked back up to the water supply. It's black pipe and is sticking out of the basement wall on the inside. The old barn is the 2 story building, the second floor is built like a loft but there is no hatch to drop hay down. one half of the downstairs has two head gates and a poop gutter and the water line comes out on that side like they had a heated waterer installed at some point. They definitely look to have had a few cows, like 2-4 but a smaller breed like jersey.
Maybe half of the house stuff is in the house the rest is living in the garage. Still have around 2,000 square bales to move and something like 55 small round bales to move. Probly 15 more trips but we are all so so worn out and stick of moving.
Apple trees look to have produced decently for not being pruned in probly 2 yrs or sprayed. The livestock are enjoying the apples but the deer got probly 95% of them....there is maybe 6 apples on the ground under the 18 apple trees. Same for the grapes, they produced like gangbusters but the deer ate every single grape after the 2nd frost. The grapes look to be some sort of white concord variety, definitely a jelly grape.
The longer drive to work really sucks but other then that we are pretty happy with the place. I'm dying to start tearing out paneling but my body and budget say no way atm.
Wow we are still moving. Got everything out of the old trailer as of last friday.
All the livestock is moved and in temporary pens or stalls. The goats, sheep, geese and llama ended up being put into the old wood shed/car port thingy(looks like someone took an aluminum carport and build a wood building around/over it) with their electric net fence. DH and a friend of ours built a large sturdy pen on the one end of the workshop where it looks like it used to be some sort of large chicken coop or dog run, the floor is dirt over there and it has a pop door. The pigs have no outside access for now but it seems to be working for a bit and may become their winter set-up. The two mini pigs are loose in the rest of the shop along with all the poultry except the geese. The mini pigs will be put out with the sheep/goats. The poultry i think are going to go in the bottom of the "barn" for winter.
We found there is an old water line that runs to the old barn but it needs fitting and to be hooked back up to the water supply. It's black pipe and is sticking out of the basement wall on the inside. The old barn is the 2 story building, the second floor is built like a loft but there is no hatch to drop hay down. one half of the downstairs has two head gates and a poop gutter and the water line comes out on that side like they had a heated waterer installed at some point. They definitely look to have had a few cows, like 2-4 but a smaller breed like jersey.
Maybe half of the house stuff is in the house the rest is living in the garage. Still have around 2,000 square bales to move and something like 55 small round bales to move. Probly 15 more trips but we are all so so worn out and stick of moving.
Apple trees look to have produced decently for not being pruned in probly 2 yrs or sprayed. The livestock are enjoying the apples but the deer got probly 95% of them....there is maybe 6 apples on the ground under the 18 apple trees. Same for the grapes, they produced like gangbusters but the deer ate every single grape after the 2nd frost. The grapes look to be some sort of white concord variety, definitely a jelly grape.
The longer drive to work really sucks but other then that we are pretty happy with the place. I'm dying to start tearing out paneling but my body and budget say no way atm.
The final moving will happen in its time. The real fun will start shortly with fencing and improvements. Hope you'll share some pics as you go.
Were it only possible, I'd be happy to help. At issue is the fact that I haven't gotten my own place fenced yet and have many thousands of feet to go without the needed thousands to pay for it 
