Well, here we go!!
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Todd M
Craftsman of metals...always learning.
Well I’ve been absent for a good while, just jumping on every few months to look for some old thread. I’ll try to get as much update as I can here for those that were following in 2018. In the fall of 2019 I started finishing the inside of the “shop” building on our property as another winter in that 5th wheel fighting the mold growing in the windows with little children looked daunting. Wired, plumbed, insulated, sheeted the walls. Well most of them. Parts of one wall is still faced batt insulation, but it’s all behind the canning shelves that are built in. Got a fully functional house that’s right at 1000 sq ft.
Currently we have chickens, 4 milk goats, 1 Katahdin ewe, an Angus cross steer and the neighbors 2 horses. Built a 16x18 barn for the goats and sheep. Used poplar tree trunks with the bottom 3’ soaked in uses motor oil for the posts, and pallet seconds rough cut for the siding. Used metal roofing.
In the first shut down of 2020, not knowing how dangerous the virus was, I took 2 months paid leave and we started a market patch. I also in that time decided to quit plumbing and go on my own. I am trying to get a fabrication business off the ground, doing some mechanic work to fill in. Because I switched careers now the banks don’t want anything to do with a construction loan until I’ve been doing this for 2 years. So we are content here until such time as God allows us to procure the money to build. I’ll get some pictures up soon hopefully.
Currently we have chickens, 4 milk goats, 1 Katahdin ewe, an Angus cross steer and the neighbors 2 horses. Built a 16x18 barn for the goats and sheep. Used poplar tree trunks with the bottom 3’ soaked in uses motor oil for the posts, and pallet seconds rough cut for the siding. Used metal roofing.
In the first shut down of 2020, not knowing how dangerous the virus was, I took 2 months paid leave and we started a market patch. I also in that time decided to quit plumbing and go on my own. I am trying to get a fabrication business off the ground, doing some mechanic work to fill in. Because I switched careers now the banks don’t want anything to do with a construction loan until I’ve been doing this for 2 years. So we are content here until such time as God allows us to procure the money to build. I’ll get some pictures up soon hopefully.
Todd M
Craftsman of metals...always learning.
Winter 2018-19
Spring 2019
Building Goat Barn
Building fence to keep livestock out of the patch.
Beef lazing in the shade
Me and the 3 oldest. (4th was born August 2020)
Spring 2019
Building Goat Barn
Building fence to keep livestock out of the patch.
Beef lazing in the shade
Me and the 3 oldest. (4th was born August 2020)
