The strength of many hands

This week we have enlisted the help of all of the farm students. With 20 sheets of plywood to primer, THEN PAINT, BOTH SIDES, it would have taken Alberto and I three days to do each step ourselves. With the help of about 10-12 students, over the course of 3 days, we had all of the wood primer’ed, painted, and we started to put the roof on “el casa de sheep-n-goats.”

The roof is coming along great this week. Alberto has done a fine job with the shingles, rafters, and all of the joist hardware.

The animals have grown curious over this new formation taking shape in their pasture. At the end of each day, the students or Mrs. Williams let them roam around and sniff out their updated abode.

On 1/12, another one of the sheep gave birth to a single cute black and white lamb. Super cute!

A couple more days and the sheep, and their newborns will be moving in to their new upgraded spacious condominium.

Frank Frappier- 1/14/11