We have a barn. A cow Barn. Built somewhere in the early to mid 1800s. in the early to mid 1900s the government decided that we could no longer collect the milk in the same area that the cows inhabited. so my ancestors built an addition onto the North side of the Barn.
The cows left in the late 70's and we transformed from a dairy operation to the produce/agritainment farm that we are today.
In the years between then and now, lots and lots of stuff has been piled into that room.
I stored a video game (Xevious) in there for more than 20 years. There are pumps, and coat hangers, beds, tarps, kerosene cooktops... you get the idea.
Well, I needed a place that I could harvest my honey (if I ever get some). I thought that the old Milk room would be a great place. So, after getting approval from Mom and Dad I set to work removing the clutter. It took a few days but I found the far wall and the floor.
I then removed a garbage bag full of dead rats, feces, and other lovely items that had met their demise in the corner.
It was empty, but far from clean. I then broke out the pressure washer. For most rooms this would spell disaster, but the milk room has concrete walls about 4 ft tall and has a drain in the floor...Perfect! The walls and ceilings got a good hosing too. Thankfully the drain worked as well as it had 30 some years ago. No floods.
Once I had washed I disinfected. We have some industrial cleaners that can do a bangup job. 10 gallons of mix later and I had a clean room. Not necessarily pretty, but clean.
Now all I need is to run some new electric, a new water line from the main barn and flesh it out with equipment. Bring on the honey!
I really wish I had taken a before picture.
