On the move

to the barn

Plan A:
using the passover and taking a corner to the holding area

Plan B start at the back

A little push from the loader

Straight ahead

Rolling towards the goal

A final push

Solar Panel

Solar panels, they are starting to appear at several places

Rachel

Last Saturday she was throwing sticks in the water

Fishing up some algae

Splashing

Having a great time

surprise?

Wilma was asked if she thought her dad was surprised.
She said it was about a 75% surprise

But Cor was 100% happy

Countryside Camp Clean-up

We were asked to bring our boots to work around the pond

Lots of "fisherman"

Boys cabins in the background


Teamwork

The first crop

Done stone picking :)

It took only one day

So many trees...

... and flowers budding

Hoof trimming

Early in the morning the cows look happy

While I was taking some cow pictures a goose flew by

Dale came to trim hooves yesterday and today

Employment

Sometimes we look at all the people working at the farm
and it is amazing how many are employed at our place these days.

Smoke

Smoke usually looks closer then it is

There was a lot of traffic on the side-road
We also went to check it out

Band Practice

First time for Marc to be part of a band
Practice after church for tonight
We're doing small groups with DVD 6 weeks in a row

Fenced in and out

A fence is being erected around the creek and gravel pit at the neighbours.

Cattle will be fenced in and us out of the gravel pit.
Too bad, I like to walk there.

Manure

Slowly the field is turning brown

No compaction with the hoses

Grazing

First making neck ties with numbers and sensor

Get them on some dry cows

Out to pasture

Cultivate

Olga & Marc took turns cultivating the field

Fertilizer

The natural smelly kind

The kitchen table

It's the heart of our home, where Olga is learning how to crochet and I'm looking up all the references in my bible from the conference.

Tight Fit

Making room for the robot

The robot has holes on top for a forklift

Temporarily in the shed, it was very tight through the door

Hiccup

We have a little "hiccup" in the weather

Making Room

The cows look out at the addition for the robot

Drayton Farm show

For the boys the farm show is all about big machinery

Sitting in the tractors

This year the biggest draw is the Milking Robot