Well I finally got it done, the annual barn clean out is complete! I had to hand dig for about 6 hours to get the last little bit done. I put out old straw/hay onto the ground for the sheep to spread out and I put a couple of bales of good hay into the feeders. We only have the 12 ewe lambs that did not go to Hermiston at the farm.
I still need to fix the Y gate and redo the entrance fence to the barn. I will work on that next weekend. I did get the box blade onto the little tractor and drag it around the barn lot collecting all of the surface dirt/poop to put on the compost piles. I did this for a couple of hours until I had all of the poop onto one of the piles. I also cleaned up all of the horse poop from the barn lot. I like to do all of this before Winter sets in so we are ready.
The next thing to do is fix the entrance fence/gate and to trace all of the light wires and attach them securely near the lights. I am positive that the raccoons have disturbed some of the wiring and that is the cause for two strings of light not working. I will have to run all of the wires to figure out where the loose connections are located. It is a lot easier to feed when all of the lights work.
We are going to have to start chasing the sheep into the barn at night so the coyotes do not get them. The coyotes keep getting closer to the house every day.
I also need to order our winter diesel for the tank but with the price of diesel being so high I am dreading the final price to fill our 125 gallon tank.
All of this is in preparation for winter. I keep thinking I am ready for winter and I think of something else that I need to do.
