I had Mr Rainman come out this week to try and finish up some projects we had already started. He was able to shove both burn piles back together so they are ready for a second burn. After that he worked on cleaning out the spring channel. We still had a lot of flood related branches and brambles clogging up the waterway even though it has been a few years. We have not been able to really find the time to do this cleanup but since we are burning we decided that adding to the burn pile was a necessity. There is still some cleanup to be done but it is a ton better than it was.
That same flood caused a tunnel to form under one of the culverts. It’s the only culvert we have over the spring. Mr Rainman is convinced that the ground around it is going to cave in any second. He brought in two loads of rocks and put them in the holes appearing around the culvert. He had to do it again the next day. I figure if he does it one or two times more he will have filled in the tunnel next to the culvert and we should be good. He is saving his “I told you so” for when the tractor falls in the hole. We have agreed to disagree and he has the “I told you so” ready.
He was able to finish moving the last of the black walnut from the old chicken coop to the grain bin. Once he did that he proceeded to clean up the old chicken coop. I was pretty surprised by how much dirt and debris he was able to get out of the coop. I cleaned it up a decade ago. The plan was to create space so we can move the tools and bins from the old house out to the old chicken coop.
He also ended up moving things around so we had a clear side. This will work great for the move out of the old house. We will tackle the move this weekend when there are two of us. Some of the cabinets are very heavy and I needed to go through all of the items.
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