Insulation

We've been working on adding the insulation to the walls of the cabin.  Rockwool insulation was pretty easy to work with overall.  The electrical boxes have now been installed and the interior electrical wiring is coming along as well.

before

 Rockwool

installing the insulation, adding outlet boxes, and electrical wiring

view from the front of the cabin

another front view (tractor parts will be moved)

cute Thirty-One Gifts Large Utility Tote- perfect for taking things to the cabin!

https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/392407/product/9463/large-utility-tote-barnyard-buddy

Thirty-one Gifts Insulated lunch box!

https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/392407/product/9426?defaultSku=9426AG580000

Four New Things!

Things have been moving right along on Little Frog Ranch over the past few months!  Four big things have happened!!

1.  We have water!  We had a well dug, and now we're building a 5 foot well house to keep it secure.

It is a work in progress. This will have a roof and will be completely enclosed with a door for access.  

2.  We have a right fence!  A new neighbor moved into the lot on our right and he installed the much needed fence so he could have cows soon.  We are thankful for the new fence!  One less thing on our to-do list!  And now we can look at getting animals soon too- maybe cows, maybe goats, not sure yet though...


3.  We have a tractor!!!  This was a great deal and works great too!

4.  We have a cabin!!!! (well, actually a shell)  So there is a lot of work to do to make this livable, but things are already underway!

There is a lot of beauty on Little Frog Ranch!  I was amazed at the flowers I saw on the last visit: bluebonnets, black-eyed susans, fluffy purple things, plenty of wildflowers, and of course, the cacti, which have yellow flowers blooming!  We call this big one near the cabin "Cat's Cactus", after a friend who claimed it.

DIRT

Little Frog Ranch is still coming along!  Chris took a break from the never-ending fence project to extend the driveway to the back of the property.  The front will be for the animals, but the back will be our home.  There is already a fence separating the two areas. 

This land originally had a railroad line running through it.  While the railroad is long gone, one previous owner decided to use that space to install crawfish ponds, now dried up.  We have decided to keep 2 of those ponds/empty ditches for future use, maybe even for Koi fish, who knows!  But in order to get to the back of the property easily from the entrance, we needed to fill in the last old crawfish pond and extend the driveway.  (picture cropped to show crawfish ponds)

The skidsteer was great to move the dirt to fill in the last crawfish pond/ditch.  We are having gravel delivered next week and this area will be evened out and a layer of gravel installed.  

 Chris enjoyed playing with the skidsteer again and had fun getting rid of a dead tree that was in the way too.

Next up we're planning for the cabin! The pieces of wood on the ground are marking the area, approx 12x32, tucked in the back right corner of the property behind the pond area, but far enough away to not have to worry about any flooding.  

 This is my favorite part of Little Frog Ranch.  It really is such a peaceful place.  The frogs are still hibernating, but we'll hear them again in spring.  I would love to install a deck so we can sit and enjoy the beauty and peace.