The pole barn started taking shape today, from peeled trees on the ground, to a rough outline of the future structure. Also going up, head lettuce seedlings!
Mr H, Thanks, I've been enjoying your farm photo's via your blog too!
Julie- Thanks, The logs are eastern white cedar from our woodlot. We cut them in early winter and skidded them to the barn site. Then in the last few days we peeled them and measured them for length with a water/level. Today we're building!
This is a record of our journey through life on our farm, and will hopefully serve as a reminder and guide for future reference. Our farm is located on the eaves of the Boreal forest, in the Whitefish River Valley, Ontario. Technically we live in the St. Lawrence forest, which has more broad leaved trees than the Boreal and , in this part of the province at least, exists in a little patch around the Lakehead. Unlike the Boreal's ultra thin soil, glaciation left an abundance of deep clay and loam in our valley, which was once dotted with small dairy farms. Those farms disappeared with the pasteurization laws of 1929 and the small fields disappeared with the horse in the 1950's. Although grown in and long neglected when we arrived 8 years ago, our farm is slowly returning to agricultural purposes. We are listed as a Zone 3 according to the USDA climate map, although our southern slope and relatively high altitude help mitigate that a bit.
5 comments:
What a great spot for a barn. You have a most beautiful place out there.
Mike
Did you prep the logs yourself? Do you peel them or leave the bark as is? What a lot of work! You do have one of the most beautiful farms.
Mr H, Thanks, I've been enjoying your farm photo's via your blog too!
Julie- Thanks, The logs are eastern white cedar from our woodlot. We cut them in early winter and skidded them to the barn site. Then in the last few days we peeled them and measured them for length with a water/level. Today we're building!
The lettuce looks delicious already, the little leaves are the tenderest.
Little leaves indeed! You'd need two trays to fill a thimble, lol.
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