Goat Mountain was planned to be a spectacular home for our pigmy goats, which were acquired right after we bought our property eighteen years ago. We started construction of the steel framed barn that would be hidden inside the mountain back then. The ‘ancient’ tree and top planters were built in the shop with the intention to lift them atop the barn at a later point. As often happens, things were delayed and the goats, along with the barn, were gone before the tree and planter found a permanent home. We then decided a new, slightly smaller ‘Goat Mountain’ would be a perfect way to hide the ugly commercial garbage bin which would be situated near the front of our property but still very hidden. We built a new structure and had a crane lift the planter and tree to the top. Then we got busy once more and progress was delayed. A few years later plans changed and we moved the garbage shed to the opposite side of the driveway and the crane relocated the tree and planter one last time. Finishing the little mountain however, waited years until the house was finished and the yard, Becke and Grant’s house and much of the Hazelnut Inn project was done. Each summer we’d chip in a little effort between other projects. One such effort was an addition on the back to house the riding lawnmower and garden tools. There’s still a little sculpting to finish on that area but we decided to finish painting the front in the meantime. Becke polished off the painting this past week and with the long weekend upon us it was the perfect time to put some soil in the planters at long last. Henry was more than a little eager to give me a hand. He insisted that he be the guy that emptied the tractor bucket and pack the soil into the planters. Becke will put in some plants in the coming week.