Well, the last few days have been a bit...rainy. Storm Ciarán made a big show around here. Thankfully we found no damage, but our creek is now only a metre below the tractor bridge. Jennifer had a crew there yesterday, and they've put barriers on either side to discourage use, at least until it is fully inspected.
The pigs were moved Tuesday of last week, knowing that the rain was on its way, to their new home to continue their job of clean up the underbrush, and rooting. It was amazing, a combination of quads and walking crew, and our forewoman with a bucket of fruits and vegetables covered with molasses was all it took to move the entire team of pigs, it took only an hour. She is a real pied piper for pigs!
Wednesday morning, Jennifer and I inspected the recently vacated forest to estimate the scope of the cleanup. Honestly, it's worse than I anticipated. We found several buildings, that the pigs used as shelter. Once the archeology students are done with them, we will disassemble them, these quarry stones are valuable and will be used elsewhere on the farm. Maybe we were unlucky, but we found two rubbish pits that will have to be excavated, they don't appear to be old. The bottom line we need to hire a long-reach digger. Still, with all the rain, the clean-up will have to wait, the fields are too wet for heavy equipment.
All our cattle have stayed in their barns, and our cattle foreman thinks it for the best the outside pen is too slippery.
Aside from that the farm is doing well. Yesterday, the insurance adjuster came by to look at the damage the two idiots did. We are not entirely clear if we will make a claim, the father of one of our mechanics is a very talented metal worker and he said his dad could fix the warehouse wall in half a day, David said that the UTV, just needed a new knuckle and some cosmetic work. We may do that too.
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