The goats' corner

I know it's not nice to boast, but I just have to brag about Matt's skills. He's been rebuilding practically everything around here. Even though we know how much time and effort goes into this stuff, having pictures along the way always makes it that much more amazing.

When he started on the corner of the barn that would soon be the goat pen, the siding was rotting away, there was no foundation, and gophers were undermining what little support there was. The great thing is that the ancient wood shingles had already been replaced with corrugated metal roofing (on this portion). Matt used a jack and a post to raise the slumping corner, removed the decaying wall, poured a concrete footing, replaced the wood at the bottom...









...framed it in (including a door and window), put in tar paper (and even put some salvaged rigid insulation in the wall)...




...replaced the siding, then built a door (also using some of the old siding), and a mesh window.


He built a wall inside to separate their sleeping quarters from an area where they'll be able to stay dry during inclement weather, then separated that from the interior of the barn with another wall, and a door with some of his signature ironic humor.

Rain hangout

Sleeping/eating quarters

Welcome to goat jail

I'm so proud! And the goats (and chickens) love hanging out there.