What's up on the farm?

Hooray! Mike's on vacation! He's already getting started on the barn.
Tomorrow Jon is coming up to lend a hand( or two*wink*) Yes, Mike
is wearing a harness. It's tied off to the tractor on the opposite
side of the barn.

The pitch of the barn roof is fairly steep and as you can see it's a long

fall to the ground. I'll get pictures as the get the metal on and then a

final picture. When this is done we still have 7 ton of hay to get home

(when second cutting is finished) and build the add on roof to the back

of the barn, for firewood storage as well as extra hay. Somewhere in

before the weather gets to cold we're planning to get the barn and

outbuildings painted; RED, of course*wink*

This is an updated shot of the first planting and second planting of corn.

You also can see the cucumbers, bush beans, rhubarb, and asparagus

( bottom right). We have cukes that are pickling size, but we aren't

making many pickles this season. We can and grow certain crops

every other year.

The Kentucky Wonder(OP) have literally gone wild! I've never had this

many climbers. I pray they produce as well as they've grown.

These are absolutely my favorite flower; single, old fashioned

hollyhocks. This season we have light pink, medium pink, dark pink,

peach, white and burgundy. I'd love to find a yellow to add to our

collection.

If you go back a few blogs you'll see a picture posted of our comfrey,

I'd harvested it. I can't believe how quickly this has come back, looks

like another bountiful harvest coming up shortly, PTL!

Here is our front door and screen door all freshly painted. They were

an ugly brown, now a crisp Timberland Green. My plan is to get as

many of the windows, in need of scrapping, sanding, priming and

and painting done this Summer and Fall
.

From a distance, you can see, if you click to enlarge, that I still need

to get the trim above the door painted. I don't like ladders, so need

to haul out a sturdy chair and get it done!

This is the outside entrance to the basement/pantry. It was peeling

and looked awful, looks 200% better with two coats of fresh paint.

The door( you can see part of it to the left of the photo) leads into

our mudroom/laundry room.

This door is inside the mud/laundry room and it also leads to the

basement/pantry. I took this picture to show the color that will be on

the upper portion of the walls, above the tongue and groove cedar,

which will be 4 ft., from the floor up. As I grow older I get bolder

with my color of paint choices. I like this color and will get a couple

of shades darker for the trim around the window and doors.

What do you think, be honest, I have a thick skin*wink* I know green

isn't for everyone.