The water line to the barn is going in. We are taking the water line from the barn on down to the garden plot--350 feet away. By the way, all that I got planted this year in the garden plot is okra. I planted that late because of the drought, so hopefully in a couple weeks we will have some okra.

The pump is hooked up at the well at the house site and we have tasted the water-- a bit of iron flavor that we will have to treat and work on, but it is good cold water.

We have electricity at the barn! We also have a light on the power company pole near the barn on the road below the barn. It comes on automatically at dusk.



The plumbing is in and ready for inspection on Monday. Next step is filling in with the gravel, then the slab. After that we will be ready to put up the "sticks." We have one framing bid in now and are waiting on the second bid. Hopefully by the middle of September we will have the whole house framed. That is the part that goes quickly. After that it will slow down as we wait on sub-contractors to show up for work on schedule.

Notice the short wall on the left side of photo. That is a "wingback" to turn water away from the front of the house. The pvc pipe going up the back wall will serve as the drain for a future bath in the second floor (loft) -- should someone else decide to have a bath up there and develop the other two future bedrooms.