Ditch Witches

So How did we spend Halloween? Well we hired A Ditch-Witch ...and put her to work.

She had two assistants -

one who showed her where to go ...

and one who filled the ditch behind her. Why oh why are we digging yet another ditch

across our field and through the middle of the lawn?

Well it's all because of this:

This is a Used Oil/Wood burning furnace...

that will heat hot water ...

that will flow through the pex tubing ...

that goes in the ditch ...

that's dug by the witch...

that's pulled by the ATV...

that's driven by Rick ...

that will heat the house and the shop that Harv built.

Of course the pex tubing that was ordered 3 weeks ago only came the day after all the dry weather ended in a downpour. Thankfully the ground was not yet saturated and the job was done before it got too muddy to dig. Mind you there were some pretty wet clothing and muddy boots to be dealt with at the end of the day. Now there will need to be a bit of plumbing at both ends of the ditch and a final check that nothing else needs to be strung between the house and shop and then the ditch can be closed and lawn hopefully reseeded.

The result will be a blissfully warm shop and office and much lower hydro and gas bills this winter. The house heating, hot water heater, hot tub and possibly even the drier will use the heat from this furnace. Haven't I got a clever husband?