Homestead Update: April 1st

It’s a new month which means it’s time for progress photos! The biggest change yet was made this month. In February we got new windows and in March we got – a new ROOF!

February 1st

March 1st

April 1st

Yeah! No longer a TOTAL eyesore, the moss is gone! The tile is gone! A new, sexy, water-tight roof is ON and surrounded by pristine white facia and in about a week functional GUTTERS! Ah, i’m so excited! We’ve even had neighbors stop to compliment the house, instead of just insist it should have been burned down years ago. You’ll also notice our adult craigslit hens and rooster hanging out happy as can be. Unfortunately for the rooster he got mean and will be delicious chicken and dumplings this very night for supper! Our motley, unfriendly hens will soon be ousted from their coop to a chicken tractor and electric fence to be replaced by our 14 new pullet chicks! More on chicks soon, this post is about the homestead. Here are the side shots:

February 1st

March

April

No more droopy eaves – thanks to Orezona Building Company, our roof is spick, span and level without rot and with more ventilation. The chimney box was all rotted out, so they opened up the pipe and added a cute little rooflet. We plan on building in a feaux stone chimney when we re-do the siding. I quite like the lack of boxy chimney. AND we got a great big pile of lumber to use that came off the old roof, though plenty went to a lovely burn pile last night due to dry rot. We’re tooling right along! Next on our priority list for April: plan and build first chicken tractor, yard fence completed installed for Pocket protection, plant some cover crops in assorted areas of the yard and pasture, finish flooring, finish Miranda’s closet system, mow the yard for the first time, paint window trim, kill some starlings and PLAY WITH CHICKS!

Happy weekend, y’all!