Roofing!

The well house project started in October.  It was supposed to go up fast, but things have delayed it.  There are always things to be accomplishing.  The time has come to get the roof on!  It's going well, even if it is a bit terrifying to watch!  Jeff and his dad are doing a great job!  I can't wait til it's all done!

 

Alley Time

It's time to make our steel alley on the handling facility!  We got several steel sheets and more pipe.  Jeff got great welding experience!  It looks so good!  We even have the 16-foot gate that now creates a funnel to the alley.  Ready for some animals to work now!

 

Country Life

One of the best things in the country is getting your own fuel tank!  They are so pretty :).  It's especially nice when they are full!  The bison are looking great.  The weather has shifted.  Fall really is a wonderful time at the ranch!

 

Good-bye old friend

Our washing machine has died :(.  It was such a good washing machine!  We bought it brand new with the dryer about 5 years ago.  It survived the move and washed lots of dirty ranch clothes.  Unfortunately, they just don't build them like they used to, and he has died.  Trying to find a replacement was tricky.  

I really wanted an older unit without all of the fancy electronics.  The motherboard is what died on our old one, so we didn't want the same type of issues in the future.  Let's just say that they don't make a simple machine with a decent load capacity.  After a few weeks of searching, we finally got one from Don's appliances.  It seems to be working well but has more electronics than I wanted.  Hopefully it will last longer than 5 years!

 

Weighing In

This is the first time we will be using our squeeze chute to work the bison.  That means we have to set up the scale.  We found the scale and got it all plugged in.  We had to test it out to make sure it worked.  Luckily the kids were good little bison and got in for us!  Too funny!  Now we can get weights of our animals!

 

Clean up!

I don't know how to use the mower with the tractor, but I can use the box blade to scrape out weeds.  I think I'm doing a pretty good job ;).  Just little progress today.