Saturday, November 30, 2019

Black Rapids Farm


our second farm, a very nice guy showed us around
His name was Peter and he was quite tall


we spent quite a bit of time looking at the Vector being loaded


it worked well


look under the grapple


someone opened this area and the Vector stopped 
and needed a shut down
so Peter showed us this area while it was stopped anyway




area for calves, good air quality


They do birthday parties for kids 12 maximum $200
1 hour this room 1 hour tour the barn
It's a great way to show kids where milk comes from


the only left over beam from the fire they had


Friday, November 29, 2019

Vodkow


we went to Almonte


to the Dairy distillery


very impressed with this company


bottles ready to fill


with VODKOW


nice guy


good product


Thursday, November 28, 2019

Vector Tour 1

First farm near Wellesley 


very clean machine


Conrad Jantzi explained why they chose this feeding system 



filling station


lots of different feeds and additives go in the mix



we had some extra people on the tour for this farm


Olga and kids


we walked around the farm
saw the calves in coats


climbed to the viewing platform



nice barn




Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Fall Cleaning


Equipment is cleaned


with the pressure washer
and put away

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Kitchen details


these bins have handles


knob choice 


handles


support for island 

Monday, November 25, 2019

November


the fields are empty


a November look


Saturday, November 23, 2019

Fielding Estate Winery


For the afternoon we went to the Fielding Estate Winenery


we all got a glass


view of the vineyard, grape bearing vines on the bottom wire
leaves on the top for a canopy


Juice and peels


suck out juice


dumping on the way to the press


press


back for fermenting


also stored in barrels


the standing barrels have water in them


the laying barrels have wine in them

Friday, November 22, 2019

Orchid Farm visit


we knew of each other but didn't know each other
we both worked for Leny vanderDrift in Kwintsheul long ago



Neil showed us the farm


39C and high humidity


then 20C to shock the plant into flowering


Not staked yet

here they get staked and sorted


ready for sale


lots of varieties


lots of us bought some plants too