Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

For clean out, I'm not planning to put steps at the high end doorway. I'll just run the wheelbarrow up next to the door and shovel/sweep everything right out into it, then roll it off to either raised planters (not built yet), or the compost pile.

As for paint color... I hope that there's a 5 gallon exterior grade paint return with a color that's acceptable... Barring that, I'm prob gonna stick with the same beige color as the house with dark brown trim (no trim on the house). I don't want a dark color for heat and UV reasons. Dark paint just doesn't last as long in the intense summer sun.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

For clean out, I'm not planning to put steps at the high end doorway. I'll just run the wheelbarrow up next to the door and shovel/sweep everything right out into it, then roll it off to either raised planters (not built yet), or the compost pile.

As for paint color... I hope that there's a 5 gallon exterior grade paint return with a color that's acceptable... Barring that, I'm prob gonna stick with the same beige color as the house with dark brown trim (no trim on the house). I don't want a dark color for heat and UV reasons. Dark paint just doesn't last as long in the intense summer sun.

Is your sun more intense than florida sun ? We have had the red on pump house with no fade....but i do have a few trees around...it will look great whatevere you do, i just liked the $$ savings

 

[CntryBoy777]

Really nice job Joe!!....glad the weather and body cooperated with ya enough to cross the finish line....I know for a fact that ya will be very grateful the very 1st time ya are standing....dry while feeding them and the rain is pelting the roof above your head....I know I was sooo thankful each time I found myself in that position....the walls will be a welcomed windbreak for ya too....they will certainly love hanging out on the deck.....

 

[Carla D]

Is your sun more intense than florida sun ? We have had the red on pump house with no fade....but i do have a few trees around...it will look great whatevere you do, i just liked the $$ savings

Another great place to buy “barn” paint is FleetFarm or Farm and Fleet. They have 5-6 colors of cheap barn paint. $15-18 per gallon. I think a 5 gallon bucket of paint is $60 approximately.

 

[Latestarter]

I don't think I have one of those stores here near me... will have to check. I'll check with several places that do paint and try to get the best deal I can. Paint has gotten very expensive.

Rough nite last night... didn't sleep well at all. Acid reflux around 1 then really painful leg cramps around 3, and finish it up with complete sinus closure and mouth breathing around 5:30-6ish. Gonna be a football and nap in the recliner Sunday!

Had a feeling there might be a cramp issue after being up and down a ladder all day, so when I got done working and before goat chores yesterday I got a banana and brought it down with me to eat. I had goats climbing all over me trying to get "their share". Some liked the peel, others didn't, none of them really liked the banana itself, and once they spit it into the poo/dirt, none of the others really wanted it either. Mel though had no issue with the added flavor and scarfed those chunks right up. Eating another right now as I type before heading out to do morning chores.

 

[Latestarter]

"Farm & Fleet has 34 stores in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa and was founded in Janesville, Wis., by brothers W.C. Blain and N.B. ... Fleet Farm has 31 stores in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota." https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&q=farm+and+fleet
Nope, a little out of my reach.

 

[Devonviolet]

Great job LS! I bet you’re glad to finally have it done. Better yet, the goats must be lovin’ their new abode!

I’m really liking these suggestions for where to get paint. The cement board siding, that we put on our little barn, came with beige paint on it, but I really wanted to paint it barn red, to match our chicken coop, which never got it’s white trim added. Sometime in 2019, I would REALLY like to add that white trim, a decent door and another coat of paint on the coop. Maybe when we do that, we can buy enough red paint to paint the barn to match.

 

[Devonviolet]

I don't think I have one of those stores here near me... will have to check. I'll check with several places that do paint and try to get the best deal I can. Paint has gotten very expensive.

We had Fleet Farm when we lived in MN. Down here, I think Atwoods or Fix ‘N Feed might be a comprable alternative.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

We had Fleet Farm when we lived in MN. Down here, I think Atwoods or Fix ‘N Feed might be a comprable alternative.

I bought 4 gallons of the red paint at wal mart....am shocked that i got chicken house , and the 12x21 goat house painted with less than two gallons. ....at $12.00 per gallon pre mixed.. @ Devonviolet

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Hope you feel better today latestarter, my husband has leg cramps we get leg cramp pills at wally world that work really well...at least when he takes them i don't t get kicked all over the place