Looking back in time with photos

Posted on April 18, 2012 by oldworldgarden in Life in the Garden // 4 Comments

So yesterday was a long day at the farm – we had a HUGE load of large rock delivered for the purpose of building the stone retaining wall behind the barn and outdoor kitchen. I have to admit it – is a bit depressing to have things starting to look “cleaned up” and “somewhat finished” – only to have a massive pile of boulders dropped off that clutters it all up again, and reminds you you’re not even close to being done! So last night, after a long day – I took some time to reflect on a year and a half worth of photos from the top of the hill to see the progress of the last year and a half. Sometimes, you have to take a moment to look back to see how far you have come – to give you motivation to get to the future! So here is the development of the farm so far in pictures taken from the top of the hill:

September 2010. Top of the hill overgrown with brush and trees...seems sooooo long ago!

OCTOBER 2010 - Land finally cleared

June 22, 2011 Garden, Fence and Pergola are set up!

September 9, 2011 - Chicken coop added now and the barn appears - without a roof of course!

October 19, 2011 - Rafters in place - the metal roof starting to go up!

March 2012 - barn is closed in - and the chicken coop is now painted to match

April 17th, 2012 Driveway base in - barn pergola and patio started.

And after all that progress...now it's time to get back to the 18 tons of stone and rock that needs to be put into a wall 🙂

Farmlife Chick // April 23, 2012 at 2:11 pm // Reply

very exciting! we are in the process of fixing our very old barn and feel much the same way! it’s fun to have those pictures to look back on!

Heather // April 23, 2012 at 5:56 am // Reply

I love to see the progression of your farm. How fun! I sometimes look back on the pictures of our house when we first bought it, to remind myself that even though it is still not finished, we have come a long long way 🙂