Life on the ranch

We mentioned in our Working on the Barn: Automatic Waterers post that Josh had designed a horse waterer that he is putting in each of our horse stalls.  It will save us tons of time in watering horses in the winter and will allow our horses to always have access to fresh water.   These waterers take up such little space within the stalls and are neat and clean. Here Josh is putting the top piece on…

We are in the process of putting window shutters on the windows of the barn.   Depending on the weather outside, we can open and close the windows shutters for the horses in the stalls. Here you see the jig that Josh built.  He uses the jig as a pattern or template to make the window shutters.  The jig makes it easier and faster to build the shutters as well as ensure that the shutters…

One of the main things that we are putting in the barn is automatic waterers.  They will be a huge time saver for us! You’ll see below we started digging the trenches for the water lines.  They are a lot of fun for kids to play in! In these pictures  Josh is laying the water lines in. Here we are starting to bury those outside lines. It is quite the process getting water lines to every stall!…

Our barn is always a work in progress.   You can read about how we started building our barn and about our incredible barn raising experience here.   Josh is an incredible builder.  Remember, when we came to the ranch there was nothing but land.  Josh, with the help of his family, has built everything that is here.  You can read about that story here.   Back to the barn….  Josh is an incredible builder…