Building the Dairy: 2005-2006

  • Clearing for the pad Summer 2005
  • First building: Hay barn 2005
  • First trees planted in front of travel trailer that we lived in for 4 years while building
  • Digging the leach field
  • Large septic for creamery and house
  • Gravel for pad December 2005
  • Building the footiings
  • Footings poured, gravel filling
  • Vern working on plumbing
  • Radiant floor heat lines
  • Building the battery barn
  • Block walls going up during wettest winter in a long time, Jan 2006
  • Fresh water holding tank up the hill for gravity feed
  • Framing started
  • First level framed
  • Loft started
  • Facing east
  • Gianaclis waterproofing base
  • Roof sheathing on
  • Working in the loft
  • Siding and roof work
  • Bringing in the Tarm boiler
  • The creamery before painting
  • Creamery after painting
  • Pouring solar panel mount pole
  • Gianaclis building feeders
  • Drywall going through the window
  • Phoebe helping mount drywall in loft
  • Vern running fresh water PEX lines
  • Gianaclis insulating ceiling in aging room
  • Batteries
  • Outback off-grid system
  • Diesel generator
  • Installing aging room door
  • Milking parlor stand
  • July visit of American Cheese Society folks
  • First batch of cheese September 2006