One, or Two, or Maybe Three More Projects...

Another typical weekend full of projects here at the Lazy G Ranch (we're thinking of re-naming the place!).  The first project involved a light pole that was next to the barn.  The previous owners had a spotlight on a separate power line that was on all of the time.  We never connected the power when we moved in and wanted to remove the whole fixture.  Matthew talked to GA Power last week and they said that they would come and remove it for us.  The technician that came first tried to fix the light (and made a mess digging around the base of the pole) before figuring out that he was supposed to take it away.  He could only take the light itself with the equipment he brought so he told us we could cut the pole down.


















After the technician left, we got out the come along and a long rope to secure the pole so that it did not fall on anything important.  Then Matthew used the chainsaw to cut it down and it fell right where he was aiming!


















Telephone poles make great fence posts so we cut the pole into three posts to use around the garden.  Deer have been munching on my veggies so fencing the garden just got moved to the top of the to-do list for next weekend!

















The barn with the pole removed and grass planted.

























The second project for the weekend was to install fans for the horses.  Matthew brought these large metal fans home from work and wired them above the horses' stalls on a thermostat controlled switch.

























The horses don't mind the noise of the fans but it might take them a while to figure out that the fans are cooler and help to keep the bugs away.


















Our last project was to move the firewood stand to its permanent location.  We set it up along the edge of the woods when we moved in but now those woods have been turned into the garden.  The stand looked really awkward out in the open so we decided to move it next to the house where the horses used to be.  We took all of the firewood off the stand and ended up using our lawn tractor trailer (made by Matthew from Great Dane spare parts) to haul it across the yard.

















A short video of the action.

Now the stand is tucked out of sight but still easily accessible from the porch.