Hi all, been a long winter here in Altamont, NY.  There is still snow visible on the farm and the temperature tonight is going down the teens.  Wanted to give you a little update on what has been going on.

1. The barn we all worked so hard on is still standing tall and strong.  We've got a bit more trim work to do and then over the summer we need to tighten up the floor.  Oh, I almost forgot the joy of a bit more roofing work to do. For sure we'll be back up there adding the remainder of the screws that we did not get too last year.  We'll also be adding the snow slides....Does not seem quite as daunting a task as last year.
2. In case none of you noticed last year, the pole-barn that houses the saw mill was in pretty bad shape.  That structure was erected on the late 1960's and served the farm well but time took hold and it slowly rotted into the ground, in fact way into the ground..... Tim and Dad doing what they do best have been raising it to it's original position over the last couple of weeks....Take a look at the photos below see if you see a difference.
3. Today 3/22/09 Tim, Dad Ken and John cleared all non-fruit bearing trees from the orchard that is being restored this year.  We're working on a fruit tree order of Dwarf and Semi-Dwarf trees to start the first row of trees from the old Crab Apple tree along the road the to the south.  We'll be exposing the old well up bu the cabin so we can siphon water down to the new trees.

Before

After

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