Farm Photos

[zelachowski]

Here are a couple pictures of our place from a few years ago. One is a shot looking north from across the field. The other one is just a picture from our driveway

 

[zelachowski]

Here are a few more for you to see. The one is from the house looking south across the field. The other is of a local Bobcat that likes to get after my wife's chickens. I took this out my office window one morning. He had been part of a study and weighs 35 lbs., note the red ear tag and radio collar.

 

[Pallet Pete]

Now that is a piece of heaven right there its very beautiful !

Pete

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Nice zelachowski. Also not often folks get to take a picture of a bobcat so you are lucky there. Not so lucky with the chickens!

 

[ColdNH]

awesome, where in NH are you? how many acres?

 

[muncybob]

Beautiful area...I miss NH except in the winter

 

[firebroad]

Ahhh....!

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Good to see folks that appreciate what they have. Beautiful

 

[Jags]

Beautiful place, indeed. You should let the kitty in to warm up by the fire. ;-)

 

[loon]

You should let the kitty in to warm up by the fire. ;-)

:bug: :lol:

Great spot zela

loon

 

[zelachowski]

Our farm has 53 acres and is surrounded by 1000's of acres of conservation land most of which is owned by Audubon. We are very fortunate to own this place and love it for what it is. Animals like the Bobcat are frequent visitors here, nothing to be afraid of they are just wandering through seeing what's going on. My wife's chickens do make a meal once in a while for these creatures, but that's the way it goes. It did get interesting back in 2008 when we lost power for 12 days. Our wood stove produced heat and the original well is higher on the hill than the house, so the waterline in the basement gave us all the water we needed. I was looking in the journal I write about our life here, a year ago today we had 42 inches of snow on the ground, today none. Thanks for the comments, I just thought I would share a few photos with the group. Enjoy the day. Ken

 

[Eatonpcat]

That's a gorgeous piece of property...Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Locust Post]

Beautiful place there. I am sure very peaceful.

 

[bogydave]

Great pictures
You have a cool outside cat & a warm inside cat.
& I bet few rodents

 

[Gary_602z]

I would kill for a view like that.

Gary

 

[ecocavalier02]

Nice pictures. New Hampshire is one of my favorite states. Some of the best hiking, Fireworks are legal and no sales tax.

 

[firefighterjake]

Very beautiful pics . . . thanks for sharing.

 

[mfglickman]

Beautiful. Your land/location are incredible.

How did you iinsulate your roof? There are no icicles in the snow picture! Since our houses are close in age, I'd like to know any tips/tricks you might have for that.

 

[zelachowski]

Hi, The photo shows the back wall of the house when I was fixing the sills and posts. While I had the walls open I rewired and added 4 inches of closed cell urethane sheets and I spray foamed around them for air sealing. The roof we did a little different, since it was just attic at the time. We had the roof sprayed with 4 inches of closed cell urethane and the gable walls as well. The roof we did it as a cold roof system by putting down 1"x4" strapping then 1/2" plywood. The bottom has screening to keep the bugs out yet let air pass through to the ridge vent on top. I'm impressed you noticed that there were no icicles, most people never notice. We have interior storm windows that help make the 1844 windows efficient. The floor has 2" of closed cell urethane, if we were going to air condition our living space I would not have done it. A good place to find information about insulating is this site, http://www.buildingscience.com/index_html. I don't do this as a profession, but I enjoy restoring old buildings, I've been doing for almost 30 years. Post some photos of you home if you have any, I would like to see your place.

 

[Dyno625]

That is a beautiful place!