3rd Cut

We had a lot of 3rd cut

 

It wasn't going to fit in the silo

 



so we invited Jim

 

 

Hi new baler doesn't always park the bales flat

 

Likely better when the bales are longer

 

Rien and Marc pick them up

 

Starting our "sausage"

 

Mostly it goes on "auto"

 

but you do need someone around to do the manual button

 

Jim gives Rien instructions, even though I was pushing the buttons

3rd Cut in the silo

 

 

The third cut looks like our best cut yet

 

 

Lots of volume

 

filling silo

Going fast

 

the open piece in the corn is where we hope to build

 

covering the silo

 

2 different plastics

 

rolling out the heavy plastic on top of the sealer

the wind isn't helping

 

holding down the plastic

throwing on the tires

 

lots of feed

46 Jars of Peaches

 

4 boxes of peaches x 2/3 of a bushel is.... 

 

 

....a lot of work

 

 

first you dunk them in boiling water so the skin loosens

 

 

rinse the jars

 

 

fill jars with peaches, sugar and lemon juice

 

water bath

 

done

 

one of our favourites peach upside down cake

 



 



Straw

 

only 2 loads of small squares

 

 

We'd turned the straw on Saturday in the hope it dried

 

Jim said it was the driest Straw so far this year

 

Back at the farm, second load almost done

 

81 big Bales to pick up

 

 

More Family Pictures

Volley Ball with a very high net

 

Gwen couldn't remember her watering cans ever being used as field markers

 

Working hard with only a team of 2

 

Karissa tried out my camera

 

she took some nice close-ups

and I made it in her pictures

 

Kids are such a great subject

 

 

big smiles

30 year Anniversary

Gwen and Eric celebrated their 30 year anniversary

 

 

we were invited for a yummy lunch and

 ice-cream cake dessert

 

 

 

We had a nice variety of family

 

 

She's leaving soon, we are excited for you Moria

Gwen's parents

 

and Cor was there for the day too

 

enough sitting

 

time to play

 

or tour the flower beds

It was supposed to be warm but the clouds stayed around

 

New additions were Corey and Corne