Pens

Gene built a pen gate for neighboring pig pen.

This is the gate he built for our goat pen in the dairy barn.

Storm Damage Recovery

The storm that happened in UpState NY the summer of 2014, July 3rd, was called a straight line wind - not a tornado.

According to the NWS: "A SERIES OF DOWNBURSTS PRODUCED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ... in CENTRAL NEW YORK DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON JULY 3 2014. THE DAMAGE FROM THESE DOWNBURSTS WAS DISCONTINUOUS...BUT SPANNED A TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF 30 MILES FROM WEST TO EAST. WHILE THE DAMAGE PATH WAS SPORADIC...THERE WERE POCKETS OF INTENSE DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY FROM SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES ALONG THE DURATION OF THE PATH." We have upwards, or should I say sideways, of over 50 trees like this on the farm. Here are some photos - after the snowfall - we still have not recovered all the downed trees.   It took out a bridge, pasture fencing, and destroyed an outdoor shower used for our agritourism campsite. Recovery is slow... Gene is in the process of gathering the trees, and the stumps  - use of a chainsaw and Heavy Equipment requires skill.  I give loggers alot of credit for the dangerous work they do.  We know someone who had a tree fall on them during logging.  Luckily he survived. There were no injuries reported during this storm.