Covo Hills Farm

July 17 - 18 2010 Worker Bees and the Queen

Jake brings his strong friends out to work in exchange for cigars and beer... in moderation of course...there's a lady present.

Hope you had a good time boys cause now you get to move the old outhouse and dig a new hole.

Not tired yet? Ok, you can come in out of the heat and install old barn wood in the garage.

Where did they all go

Thanks, Mr. C

July 13, 2010 Garlic drying

July 9 -10 2010 Family time at the farm

An excellent weekend to be at Covo Hills. Nick is home from Phoenix, Katie has the weekend off, Dan is here and joined on Sunday by Deena, Mitchell, Jessica and boyfriend Tyler.

There's lots of work to be done in the loft area and lots ot hands to do it.

Katie stains the new bench while Nick helps Jeff and Dan drywall in high places. Thank goodness there's three of them to keep each other safe, especially the one who's perched on a ladder that's positioned atop the scaffolding. Is that smart, guys?

Some work harder than others.

Working in the garage area. Get the tallest guy who can reach the highest.

Dan and Mitchell

Katie

Deena and Jessica

Nick, Katie, Marianne and Jeff

Young Guys (Tyler and Nick) challenge

The Old Guys

June 26, 2010 Rain good for the crops

Summer Rain has been good for Covo crops,

those for cash like corn and

those for fun like pumpkins.

Inside, the mud room is taking shape and the a new window was added above the decorative glass.

June 18 - 19, 2010 A roof over their heads

Welcome to Covo Hills

Jeff and Dan drove out to Covo Hills on Friday afternoon, passing through the worst storm of the season, fraught with tornado force winds and driving rain, thunder and lightning, power outages and downed trees. They arrived safely, glad to have a secure building to sleep in - instead of the tiny camper under the trees. Jeff said the sound of the rain on the metal roof was so loud, they could barely hear each other talk - but at least they were safe and ready to work the next day - which was nice and sunny.

The drywall throughout the whole building is nearly completed.
The front wall was a huge accomplishment.
The drywall is notched around every beam,
which took extra time and effort - but looks so custom.

Jeff looks safe on the scaffolding, but at one point, he and Dan
tumbled off together.

Looking towards the mudroom and loft.

Interior window using Deena's glass blocks

Another glass block window between the mudroom
and garage

One of Dan's finds - Cabinets installed in the equipment barn

There's gotta be a story behind this photo. Dan?

Garlic

Pumpkin

Grapevine

June 6, 2010 Planting time

Sisters at work

One of those rare summer days when we all get out to the farm together. Deena and Charlene are beautifying the lodge area by transplanting hostas and
other perennials from their home garden.