Portage River Farm

This is a sketch of the coop project as it stands today. The step of adding the plywood flooring was pretty easy and really gave us a feeling of making substantial progress. The coop now looks like somebody has built a stage in our backyard in preparation for an outdoor concert.

We have it under tarps to protect it from the rains that are forecast for the next few days. We have invited friends over this coming Saturday for a ol' fashioned "coop raising". I'm looking forward to having the help and the company. It should be alot of fun!

In the mean time, I have been running around picking up building supplies in my "farm pickup truck" (a Ford Winstar minivan with the back seats removed). I visited the Habitat for Humanity Store in Brighton and was able to pick up 6 used windows and 2 used interior doors. They were donated by people who had removed them from their houses when they remodeled and they are perfect for our purposes. Best of all, the whole lot was only $135!

I've also been hauling loads of 2x4s home each evening in anticipation of the next exciting phase: the framing in of the walls. I'm trying my best to make sure we have all that we will need this weekend to make substantial progress. I'm looking forward to getting started!