It isn’t very pretty, is it?
This is what we have been working on all week, each morning before sunrise, every night after sundown, in single digit temperatures on a few occasions.
Two 1000 foot long trenches along the driveway, each 4 feet deep were completed for water and power lines.
Our legs hurt. Our backs hurt. And perhaps our heads hurt too, I say with a sense of humor!
Progress!
Someone was watching over us today as we finally got the electric connected to the meter box on what will be the new soap shop. The temperature broke over 30 degrees today, which helped us bend and pull the heavy wiring. I stood inside the shop on a 10′ ladder, my husband stood outside on another ladder, as we pushed and pulled. We got it done! The power company can now energize us at any time.
We definitely have been hard at work. It is a very busy season for Annie’s Goat Hill, my husband’s business, and with the preparations at the soon (to be) new farm. It is all good!
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I hope you did not hand dig the trenches? My boys…when they were small…10, 13, and 15 1/2 hand dug our old septic out and dug deeper to put in the new septic!…Not only that, it was “pumy dirt” –like digging sand–so for every two shovel fulls out one fell back in the hole!..or more like for every trhee shovel fulls, two fell back in the hole! Congrats on achieving your objective!
No hand digging, ha!
The electric was crazy. It took us days. The lines were heavy, cold. They would not bend.
Today we are laying the water lines. We need to get it done in front of the winter storm arriving.
Enjoy your weekend Cally!!!
By golly, Mary, you’re gettin there!
Hats off to you out workin’ in this weather…. the older I get, the less I can stand it. However, Montana is still jinglin’ my chain. 🙂
Lynnanne, I have always wanted to live someone a bit more out there, but now, for the first time in my life I am thinking this is it. No more. This is where they stick us in the ground, ha! Done!
Montana sounds good, it really does!
I need to tell the story next of when I fell into one of these trenchs walking around in the dark. It is very dark out there, no lights! And quiet, especially in the woods…funny story.
Oh yes, the quiet of the woods is worth gold. There’s nothing better than stepping outside on a moonlit winter’s night and hearing owls calling. Love it!
Can’t wait to hear the “In the Trench” story. 🙂
Absolutely! I cannot imagine not enjoying nature in that form.
Hi Mary – you’ve been so busy! Your shop is looking great! We’ve got to get electric and water out to our barn, and we’ve been waiting a year to do that. There just aren’t enough hours in the day are there? If there are, then there’s not enough money in the bank for that particular project! Sounds like the soap business is treating you very well and that’s wonderful!
Yes, I’d like to hear that story about you falling into the trench – glad you weren’t hurt! Take care — Vickie
Crazy-busy, but blessed, Vickie! The power company did energize the to-be soap shop today. Progress feels good. We ran the water lines this weekend. We still need to do a leak check. We are experiencing snow and wind now. We will get it done! I cannot wait to see your progress. It IS going to be worth it!
I am so far behind…but….YAY for you!!
Seeing the fruits of your labor is so rewarding.
I am behind to a degree too…but it’s all a part of life. Ha!