Breaking up is hard to do...

It has been busy at the homestead.


(Esso signs off of the shed)

A huge thank you goes out to everyone who came out to our Demo-Party last month. A mighty crew, armed with a few tools and their brute strength, dismantled the old well house and an Esso sign shed, to make room for the plumbing from the new well to the house. To show our gratitude, we cooked up some bratwurst to feed the hungry crowd.


(The "after" photo of where the old well house had been. There is no "before" because we blinked and the building was gone!)


(Here is a "before" photo of the Esso sign shed with just one wall down)


(...and then with the whole crew gathered to watch it fall.)


(The edge of the roof landed just inches from the new well!)


A special thank you Rose (age 10) for photo documenting the Demo-Party.

Late breaking news: We now have temporary power! Next, the pump can be added to our new well and we will have running water! (...by the end of next week.)