Last week we had both the well pumps pulled and fixed.  I wasn’t there, though.  I was judging Equine Champion Challenge at the California State Fair with my friend Jessica.  So we finally have reliable water.  

Our garden is growing.  Tomatoes, watermelon, sunflowers and squash.  We set out our soaker hose for the lower garden (which will eventually be the main garden).  

We framed out the skylight we cut out of the roof on our pump house and stapled down the tar paper on the roof.  Next week the plan is to put the on the metal roofing.  Then comes the siding (of which we may have some somewhere...)!  

Oh...Well

It's summer, it's dry and we don't have water.  The well is out again.  We called Precision Pump out to figure out what is wrong on Thursday.  We still aren't sure exactly what it is, but they are coming back out Tuesday to fix it for good!  In order to fix the well, the pump has to be pulled.  So, the roof we put up last week now has a skylight! 

While the well guys were working on the well and pump, I did housekeeping in the house/shed.  I made enough room to set up a work table!  I also disturbed a bunch of wasps...luckily they didn't know it was I that wrecked their nests. 

Our kittens are still alive and healthy.  They will hide in a corner and watch me.  I hope I will be able to tame them enough to pet them someday! 

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

It has been a couple weeks since my last post.  We have had quite a few set backs in the past weeks reguarding the pump-house.  First Dad and Dave went up to move the electrical panel from the little shack around the well to the inside wall of the new pump-house.  It turned out to be more work and expense than any of us wanted to put in so we decided to leave it.  We had picked up our metal sheeting for the roof so Dad decided they would put that on instead.  One of the rafters we put up fell (I'm not sure what exactly happened) on the plumbing that connects the pump to the holding tank and broke the plumbing.  The entire holding tank emptied and the pump is shorting out again.  It is really frustrating!

Last Tuesday (June 28th) I had Summer Orientation in Chico and Mom and Dad went to the property to fix the broken plumbing.  With only one trip to Home Depot in Oroville, the fix went smooth (even with the summer rain storm!)  We also made the decision to use wood sheeting and tar-paper in addition to our metal sheeting.  So the metal roof came off.

This past Wednesday, Dad and I put the wood sheeting up.  I got the job of going up on the roof to nail the sheets on (one of the hazards of being a light-weight).  We also cut the roll of tar paper into 3' x 12' sections.  We were about 5' short, but after a trip to my Great Uncle Cecil's we have enough plus some for the next project!