Ahhh – it seems like just last year I watched the little orange Kubota sink into the muddy spring field (oh wait it was just last year – http://www.chickenthistlefarm.com/2009/04/sinking-feeling-part-1.html). Being a nostalgic fellow, I figured, why not again… Especially considering the date on the last post as well… I mean – what’s 365 days later anyhow between [...]
After finishing the connections and turning on the water for a test… the gurgling and bubbling of the air could be heard in the lines as the water surged forward. As I stood in the trench with the soil piles towering over my head I had this feeling of impending doom…
The wind was whipping ahead [...]
Yesterday was quite the challenge – I needed to get the holes that were started NEXT to the barn dug out, trenched, connected to other trenches, pipe connected, hydrants in, tested and filled in – ALL before the expected rains hit. Not a small task under the best of conditions. So – to ensure things would [...]
That ditch has nice curves
I dig ditches. Or, really, trenches. Now, I don’t randomly run out to the Kubota, hook on the backhoe and just start making trenches in the back yard… although it might be funny to watch Kelli’s reaction if I did… no – I dig with a purpose.
Sometimes the purpose is vertical [...]
