[AT] Why not New Mexico Hello out there

[charliehill]

Farmer, you can buy those de-commisioned Connex boxes (the kind that goes by 
truck, rail or ship) in 40' long units for about $2,000 each.  Just start 
stinging them around your farm from barn to barn.  Cut a door in the ends 
that don't have one.  Instant, above ground, tunnel.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Why not New Mexico Hello out there


>I think that at my age and with my interest and with almost all of my
> descendants right here (3 of my 4 kids, 10 grandchildren and 9 [at
> last count] great grandchildren) that I'm pretty firmly rooted in this
> farm. :-)
> Gads! I hate winter but I decided to take another approach to the
> problem. I hate being cold. I also always suffered from "cabin fever
> badly. This is a very large house with a lot of glass and that helps.
> Of course it also takes a lot to keep it warm and comfortable so I
> chopped the natural gas (long story) and installed a wood furnace big
> enough to heat all of it that we do heat (about 4,000 sq. ft.) except
> for a hard to heat at night solar room (more of a distribution
> problem) which we heat a tiny bit with a pellet stove. We usually run
> it on low and it burns about a pound an hour and is shut off on sunny
> days. We cut some wood but even if we had to buy it all the heat is
> reasonable enough.
> That gives us a decently warm house that we can walk around in a lot,
> looking out windows in all directions. It really helps with the cabin
> fever.
> Now I have to improve my farm shop. Actually it is more of an old
> tractor shop these days since I only take care of the grass (pastures
> and lots) now. It has always been impossible to heat but I intend to
> put the same kind of furnace in it as the house and do a "LOT" of
> tightening up next month. It also has a decent amount of glass and is
> a 36' x 50' building with a couple of lofts. If I can "EVER" get all
> of the excess crap out of there it is at least big and open enough to
> help avoid cabin fever.
> I also plan to spend a lot of the winter in the woodshop. It used to
> be part of my old house and the shop is 1,400 sq. ft. It also has a
> good bit of glass, a 24'x24' area of cathedral ceiling and a lot of
> lights. It is pretty easy to heat and will hold heat well over night.
> We currently have our horses in an old livestock barn but we want to
> convert another building to a stable for them and it will have a
> heated tack-room (hangout) about 12'x18', a 10'x18' feed room and two
> 12'x12' stalls for the horses with room to expand if needed.
> I just expect to spend the whole winter indoors in one building or the
> other where it is warm and to hell with that outside nonsense... :-)
> Exposure to snow and ice will mostly just be going from building to 
> building.
> Hmmmm. I wonder what tunnels would cost?  ;-)
>
>
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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