O’Neill: Preparing for a storm

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

As the storm bore down on us, we prepared as best we could, checking ditches, tightening plastic coverings and moving animals under cover. We spent part of Tuesday working on the barn, drilling and bolting new bracing into place on the upper posts and beams to add stability to the hundred-year-old structure.