{"id":160,"date":"2009-11-07T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T21:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/?p=160"},"modified":"2009-11-07T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T21:07:17","slug":"repairing-the-floor-in-moms-barn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Repairing the Floor in Mom&#8217;s Barn."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mom&#8217;s barn lies in the heart of the farm, half way between my garden and George&#8217;s pigs. It was built in the late 1800&#8217;s, and is in need of some work. The basement floor was in\u00a0particularly poor shape, and needed to be repaired.\u00a0 A bunch of us family members decided it was time to repair the floor, so we started chopping out the old cement, only in the places that were damaged.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_161\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161\" title=\"Old Barn Floor\" src=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor1.jpg\" alt=\"Old Barn Floor\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor1.jpg 540w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Barn Floor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0Above, Mom surveys the current progress. I can&#8217;t help but notice the disappointment this picture portrays. We were all unsure wheather replacing the whole floor was a good idea, but we all finally decided that it wouldn&#8217;t be worth the effort unless we got a new floor from our work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_162\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162\" title=\"The Kids spreading cement. I'm the one on the right...\" src=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor2.jpg\" alt=\"The Kids spreading cement. I'm the one on the right...\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor2.jpg 540w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kids spreading cement. I&#39;m the one on the right...<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Davie started out as guy leveling the cement, but I soon asked to be taught. Before I knew it, I was the cement leveling guy, and I had some very eager helpers. This was our first floor, but I think the kids did a great job ! By the end of the day we were half way done.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_163\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163\" title=\"Half-Way There\" src=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor3.jpg\" alt=\"Half-Way There\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor3.jpg 540w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/floor3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half-Way There <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0The\u00a0cement is done now, and construction has changed into building new horse stalls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom&#8217;s barn lies in the heart of the farm, half way between my garden and George&#8217;s pigs. It was built in the late 1800&#8217;s, and is in need of some work. 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