So yesterday I woke up to a big ol mess in my barn :-( My outdoor arena borders the north side of my stall barn. It was worked on Saturday and the downspout extensions that take the water away from the barn weren't put back on. Not naming names *cough* DH *cough*. So the 2 1/2 inches of rain we got Sunday evening ran into the barn and flooded the area where I store bedding, the skid loader, 4-wheeler, tractor, etc.
I cleaned, filled and leveled it myself. Pretty proud of my skills with the skid loader :lol:
The muck that filled the whole area
Halfway done & filled - the pile on the left was insulation that stupid raccoons tore up - cleaning up dirt-filled, wet, shredded insulation made me say swear words.
After
And my hubby (I think he felt guilty) made me a quick throw together shelf for my radio & junk. I have a horrible habit of tossing stuff down there by the arena. Now it has a home, yay!
You might consider wearing a mask when you do that kind of work. It is no doubt dusty and if the mice and raccoons are pooping in there, then it's also very dirty.
I did wear a mask, gloves past my elbows too lol! Though it was damp so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was back in the corner behind lumber, stupid raccoons. Putting caps on all of the walls is next on my to do list so they can't get in there again. Luckily no mice, I've got awesome barn cats
We got 10 inches of rain in less than a week! I had roaring rapids through my isle way... and trough my outdoor which washed away most of my footing. I'm now in the process of completely re-doing my outdoor and upgrading my drainage... /
Eww Starline, that's awful! Definitely sucks. Plenty of work without mother nature's help!
Fly - I'm so sharing that comment with my hubby...mama needs new boots lol! He did feel bad. It's all good though, that low spot needed filled anyway. Posted via Mobile Device
I had a rental barn when hubby worked overseas...darn automatic waterers kept getting stuck. REALLY nice to open up in the morning finding a lake where the isle should be and being faced with cleaning out a 12 stall barn all bymyself.....I could have used hubby then....and if it was only to blame somebody...;-) Posted via Mobile Device
After all the Isaac rain I will be having hubby refoot and bed my stalls with the skid steer next week. It's grossness in there now. Posted via Mobile Device
Nah, nothing big. I'm not scared of a little hard work, and it was about time to change the sand under my stalls. Next week will see sand, compression, corn pellets then shavings. That will be followed by massive rolling sessions by my lovely Red gelding. Posted via Mobile Device
My God, this weather is really screwing with me! 30% yield loss of hay because of the drought, and a week straight of rain this week. Too bad we couldn't have had this hayfall during growing season :-?. Nice work cleaning up, though!
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