CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Southern by choice]

Our house had skirting when we bought but the crawlspace was just a playground for rodents and air (both hot and cold) but the first thing we did was have it bricked in with vents. It made a world of difference and the cost wasn't outrageous here. We considered a basement since it sits on a steep hill but excavation costs would have been serious because of the solid rock under the house.

When my son bought his house we put in the contract that the crawl space would be wrapped. It was and it is awesome!

 

[CntryBoy777]

It is suppose to stay above freezing tonite, so hopefully this evenings final rounds will conclude the water toting for at least a week....I'm so Glad too!!....
I know the ducks will be Happy to have their pool available again.... ....I'll have to get to cleaning the hay out of their pen and start the deep litter over again while temps are up....and the goat house needs cleaning and refreshing after several days of their staying inside.....
I haven't reported it here, but I've been having issues with the pickup and have finally located the source of the issues and with the warmer temps will be able to finish what I started before the frigid temps hit. It has to be a firing issue, because it would crank fine on dry days, but if there was any moisture in the air it wouldn't crank. I replaced the distributor cap, rotor, and plug wires before temps fell and the truck would crank with moisture in the air, but has a miss now that keeps it from running at idle....so, replacing plugs and ignition coil here shortly. The wires were corroded and the distributor cap was pretty bad too and had some cracks in it...... ....and here is the rotor, notice the rusted screws.... ....one of the plug wires had rust on the connector end of a plug and as soon as I popped it off and looked at it I realized my ineptness and should have gotten the plugs with the other stuff, but didn't. The coil looks like it is an original, so it is in need of replacing....hopefully all of that subsides the issues. This also places a question in my mind of just how truthful the statement made about the engine being rebuilt, because any one with half a brain would've replaced such cheap, but necessary parts if a rebuild is being done. Anyway, I do plan on taking advantage of the warmer temps and will get some outside work done and giving Gabbie some much needed farmlife time.........I have found some fence wire at the CoOp that I like....it is 6"x6"x5' knotted HT wire....I think it is what @Mike CHS is using....he called it Gaucho wire, here they call it Game fence.....it is $285/330' roll.....I can't handle it by myself, but they deliver and will send 2 guys that will lay it where I need it and then I can unroll it. I'm not going to do a big area, but it will be big enough for Gabbie and an area that the goats can be placed if needed. I'm going to continue with a few things that....if we stay....will need to be done anyway. I will get some stuff cut on the ditch bank and over at the pond and a whole lot of burning. We had some long limbs and branches that came down during the rain, ice, snow, and wind in the low temps so there is cleanup to do....seems there is always things on that "List". Something else I'll be doing is taking Gabbie for some walks while shooting around her so she gets used to being around that....she heard the 22 the other evening, but will get her out with the 30-30 and 20ga. Oh, we went to Tractor Supply today and got her some different puppy food and she really, really likes it.....but, we'll have to see if it likes her.....

 

[Wehner Homestead]

See if it likes her!

 

[Bruce]

With a basement and the heat/wood stove down there, I could do floor vents and let the heat find its way to the first floor for heat and also not have to worry about frozen pipes or cold floors. It would also be cooler down there in the summer.

As long as you remember to turn the furnace off

 

[greybeard]

That kinda suggests the temps you are having are not all that unusual in the "climatic timespan" reference. Given that, I'm surprised that more people down there in the "warmer" areas don't have their water lines lower in the ground and better protection where they come up into the house.

Many do on the original build and landscaping but the add-ons over the years don't always get the same idyllic treatment.
Just a short 'inconvenience'. In about 40 days, the birds will be returning and the grass start to green up and we're back to putting meat on bones.

 

[Latestarter]

Just before this latest cold spell and the snow, I had hundreds of robins all over the pastures, so they have begun moving back north. The *%^$& moles/voles haven't slowed down either and I have tunnels and dirt mounds all over the place.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh those critters never seem to slow down here much at all, but Gabbie has started to scratch at their runs, so hopefully she'll make a dent in the population....the cats will get a few, but Gabbie sniffs and hears them out. She just hasn't gotten to accomplished at digging yet. The chipmunks make tunnels too.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Okay....here comes a Gabbie overload....you've been Warned....


Where she is sitting is where she started digging on a mole/vole run..... one of these days she'll get the hang of it....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

No such thing as Gabbie overload! Keep 'em coming!

 

[Bruce]

MORE Gabbie pictures? Sheesh!! I can't take it!
She's lovely. Seems her right ear is pretty much up now.
Digging for moles?