http://www.twobarnfarm.com Commited to everlasting energy and life in Iowa. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:20:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It might have been 40 degrees today, but I went to the farm for a little bit.  Actually, I loaded up my truck with leaves and took them to the drop-off site and it was closed!  I took them to our compost pile on the farm instead.  While I was ... http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/11/09/and-the-wind-helped-us-for-once/ Another one of those incredible, Indian Summer, 70 Degree weekends was just here.  This allowed us to almost finish the West side of the Crib, clean up a lot more brush, and get all the barn out of the field. Bill Sutton, who farms around us did bring one of his ... http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/11/04/another-warm-weekend/ Convince him to move from the mostly evergreen Colorado mountains to Iowa with it's beautiful, giant deciduous trees. . . hehehehe! :) http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/10/30/want-to-see-a-man-go-slowly-crazy/ So what are we up to.  Bits of everything.  There is some more siding on the corn crib.  The section from between the corners and the doors on the West end has been filled in.  I'd like to fill in the last bit above the doors and get a few ... http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/10/29/october-is-coming-to-an-end/ Here are two pictures showing how far we got adding things like siding, doors, windows. Wow, it's starting to look like something. OK, here's the scoop.  For nearly two years, I have left a few minor hand tools in the corn crib.  Each summer, the generator is there.  I even left my ... http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/10/16/as-far-as-we-got/ And the meter starts at zero, I want to go plug something in. http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/10/03/power-to-the-people/ Coasting on your bike through sleepy small town neighborhoods, wind at my back, crunching on the scattering of fall leaves. http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/09/26/pure-bliss/ Somehow, I nearly forgot that we had a garden at Two Barn Farm.  It was a nice, warm, fall-feeling night, and I was itching to work.  We had 90 minutes of light left after work, and I intended to do something. I took Grampy down there, and we got some trim ... http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/09/15/harvest-update/ Rich installed a shiny new bamboo floor today! YAY! Now, we have to keep the kitchen floor clean. DANG!  I'll miss the days of having a floor that doubles as a dropcloth.  However, I will enjoy the feeling of the nice new floor under foot. Well, if you've been in our ... http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/09/06/its-okay-this-is-the-practice-house/ We took the dogs to the Doggie Paddle at the Jefferson Swimming Pool.  It was a bit chilly for people, but the dogs didn't mind.  A.P.E. does this every year before they drain the swimming pool.  It's a lot of fun for the dogs and their owners.  The cost ... http://www.twobarnfarm.com/2008/09/03/doggie-swim-at-the-jefferson-pool/