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Showing the floor joists rotted out. When we bought the place in 1992 there was a large hole in the roof so the wood was continually wet underneath it. We had the roof repaired in 2000 (see new wood) but we didn't work on the floor then. Since we're working on the floor below, we decided to do this one too. This repair should be fairly simple. Just a matter of putting in some good joists and replacing the floorboards.

Decided to get a new color (not just red) this year so I picked out one that was bicolor.

Also got a red one, but it hasn't bloomed yet.

We've had very little snow, but the temperatures have been low enough to form some ice. I don't think they've been low enough, long enough to be safe, but I see a few tracks going out onto the ice

This is another piece of equipment found in the basement of the barn when we were cleaning it out. It's missing some parts.

Basically a leaky barrel was placed on the stand and filled with crushed apples. The jack (at the top of the post) is turned to press the juice out of the apples. The juice then runs out of the barrel onto the tray at the base of the post. The tray has a spout which is positioned over some sort of container to recieve the cider.

It's designed to be bolted to the floor so you can turn the jack. It would need some work before I would consider drinking any of the cider that came from it.