The barn now has a door!With the cold weather coming, we decided that a door for the barn would be very welcome. It's not really necessary for the cows and sheep, they would be warm enough inside with straw bedding and walls to keep out the wind, but when it's time to get milk in the mornings or assist with lambing, we humans would definitely appreciate four solid walls!
The Reluctant Farmer stopped at UFA and picked up the necessary hardware to hang a sliding door. There's a long tube with a slot on the bottom, special hangers to suspend it from the barn wall, and two rollers that move smoothly along the tracks to slide the door back and forth. if you look really closely, you can see a small metal piece at the bottom left of the door opening: that's a catch to hold the door when it slides shut, so that it doesn't bang in the wind but is held tight against the building.
The door will be painted in the next few days (the weather is looking reasonable for this sort of thing) and then we'll be all ready for winter!
I suppose saying something like that pretty much guarantees an early snowfall, doesn't it? Maybe I'd better be quiet.
So, saying "do you live in a barn?" when someone forgets to close the door won't work anymore - because your barn has a spiffy new door! Nicely done..can I come paint? :)
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