I have been really busy getting the place ready for Amy then picking her up along with all our stuff in Vancouver. Amy is back in Vancouver until the middle of the month but we have the place all setup and Scruffy has Darby here as his wingman on the vineyard.
The winery building has progressed well with the frost wall and foundation wall in and cured. They are now lined with styrofoam insulation ready for the backfill and leveling and then the pad to be poured. We are not far off putting the building together now. Thor and I are tentatively planning on starting early next week. Although everything goes together very easily it will be physically very demanding erecting the arches and fastening everything together. Anyone who fancies a little farm labour is welcome to come for a visit!
While Amy was here we painted the entire inside of the house and built a walk-in closet in the laundry room. It is nice and cozy in here now and with internet and electricity, all we are missing is the septic hookup. I have arranged to use a shower in a local motel while they finish the septic hookup and we have an outhouse on the property for temporary use. I also crawled under the trailer yesterday and strapped in the anchors for the house. I dug and filled 3 foot deep holes underneath with concrete and a steel auger last week. I used 5000lb rachet straps to crank down the building in case of a big wind storm.
We have lots of interesting developments on the business front and we could be working with some prominant groups to produce small batches of wine.
I'll have lots more up this week as the concrete work is finished and we follow up on business leads.
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