church on Thursday

 

I went to visit Cor on Thursday

church was held

lots of singing

Cor sang along 

the winter wheat is off

 

Monday at noon the combine appeared

first it had some minor trouble

but soon it worked

the weather stayed good

straw was made into bales

and loaded

the combine went to the farm 

where it slowed down considerably 

so much more straw there, 

and some wheat was hanging down

keep driving straw to the William's farm

put as many in as possible

even from the side

now waiting for 3 dry days in a row to start 

the straw at the farm

Computer problems

 

Ron says: before you bring it in 

take a picture of the back 

so you know where to put the wires again

Barn

 

The cows are happy with fresh feed

6 calves on bottle milk, that's quite a bit

the older calves go on the milk feeder

not to many cows on the calving list now

Kale chips

 

what to do with all this kale

we only have 3 plants

but they produce lots

I made kale chips

easy and tasty

but it only used 2 or 3 leaves

a beach day at home

 

it was such a nice day

Joanna trying out her board and flamingo

at this point Stephen was starting the campfire

it was a great day

Limehouse to Scotsdale Farm

 

a nice hike with lots of shade

narrow paths

quite pretty

some fields

don't worrie, there is still lots of milkweed around

we had lots of boardwalks

and a new path beside the highway 

instead of walking on highway 7

a beautiful day

lots of mosquito bites though

Soil your Undies

60 days ago something was berried here

going to dig it up

kind of hard to find in between the beans

something is here

the first one is found

3 pair of underwear were berried 60 days ago

if the soil is healthy not much should be left

next one is a no-till bean field

and barely anything left in the corn no-till

from left to right

no-till for 12 years - corn

no-till for 8 years - beans

tilled field - beans

we were most surprised how healthy the 

field is that was tilled 

Going Home

we chose not to go over Barrie

that was a good plan, we missed the tornado there

instead we went over Stayner

had a late lunch at Devil's Glenn

 

Arrowhead 3

 A rainy afternoon

we set up the table and chairs inside

usually we're just outside

but this was a lot of rain

It stopped

so we had supper outside

and after scooping all the water out of the firepit

we had a campfire