One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[SueD]

I am seeing that a lot this year with the hay.
I also just saw our forecast for NC is suppose to be below average temps into April.
Great...
That is something that does concern me about whether we move to the Mountains. Hay seems harder to come by.

Where are you now and where in the mountains?

 

[SueD]

We welcome farm visits
We probably have one every two or three weeks
Send me a pm or an email my address is on my website

Cool, that would be nice.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Well, it never got dry enough this week to do any grading. But, we did get a load of screening/process fill delivered this morning. Neighbor brought over bobcat and it took about 2 hours to get it in and graded. It darn near killed me.

20 tons is about 13 cu yards. Was enough to put about a 6" floor in new part, and first room of the old part.

We will find out tonight. Over 2" of rain in forecast. Starting to feel like I should have built an ark for the goats instead of a barn.

 

[Southern by choice]

Now is the screening just a fine dirt? Are you putting rock dust over it?

Funny! The girls are like it's raining!
I have a lamancha in heat... she has been standing out in the rain all day by the buck fence big dummy! I swear the Nigies are all looking at her like really

 

[OneFineAcre]

Now is the screening just a fine dirt? Are you putting rock dust over it?

Funny! The girls are like it's raining!
I have a lamancha in heat... she has been standing out in the rain all day by the buck fence big dummy! I swear the Nigies are all looking at her like really

No, it's not dirt. It's really fine rock.
When I ask people around here what is Rock Dust, they don't know what to tell me. Never heard of it.
Assuming it is a very fine rock. So, that's what I got.
I'll scoop a handful and get a picture.
This came from Wake Stone in Knightdale.

 

[Fullhousefarm]

It's looking great!

My next barn will be one that our mini loader/backhoe will fit in.

 

[SueD]

Well, it never got dry enough this week to do any grading. But, we did get a load of screening/process fill delivered this morning. Neighbor brought over bobcat and it took about 2 hours to get it in and graded. It darn near killed me.

20 tons is about 13 cu yards. Was enough to put about a 6" floor in new part, and first room of the old part.

We will find out tonight. Over 2" of rain in forecast. Starting to feel like I should have built an ark for the goats instead of a barn.

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.......Looks GREAT!!!!!

 

[OneFineAcre]

This is what we got from Wake Stone. It's actually lighter in color than in the picture, a light gray instead of dark gray. The light just isn't good in the picture.

When I google "Rock Dust" I see something for soil mineral remediation, so not sure if that's what you are talking about.

I talked to several people and they said a lot of people use this for what I'm using it for, livestock barns. It compacts really good.

And this stuff is pretty cheap. It cost more to deliver. The rock was $3 per ton, $60 for 20 tons. Delivery was $100. So, $160 for a tandem dump truck load.

Good news is that it's been raining since noon, and the barn is dry.

Bad news is the bobcat made a red hot mess in the yard. But, that can be fixed later, assuming we ever get dry here.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Glad to hear that! On my monitor the rocks look green....

 

[Sweet Sue]

The plan was to get the barn finished in 3 days. New Years Day, Saturday and Sunday. Set your goal's high, and do the best you can.

Well, we did the best we could but came up a little short. Turns out that despite my statement otherwise, the weather did do us in. We got a cold, hard rain set in around 3:00pm. We had worked through a couple of showers, but finally enough was enough. I don't think we would have quite finished anyway. I figure there is about a half days work left.

Got all of the siding on, and the metal roof on one side. Need to finish the roof, and then it will just be corner boards and trim.

Cough, cough. I feel a sick day coming.

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Looks great...