Friday, June 30, 2023

New silo

 


the pumper truck is sticking out


cement for the new silo


rebar, where the wall will come


making it smooth








Thursday, June 29, 2023

Cement

 


we're pouring a cement pad between silos and shed


the first truck is here


and later the pumper truck came


the cement trucks now put the cement in the pumper truck


spit out some cement, to get it working right


then go finish the cement pad

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Tearfund

 


we went to a meeting to hear about the work of tearfund
in Ethiopia 


the women do all the work
tearfund is not giving money, but education


they teach mulching, intercropping and no-till

(the government teaches to plow 5-7 times
and because of that erosion is rampant)


the women that try it have enough food for their own family
and even some to sell and share
and it happens in the first year



Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Teen Challenge visit

We had teen Challenge sing at our church
and give testimonies
Teen challenge is a place where addicts 18+ can go
it's success rate is impressive , it's a Christian organization
and that's the heart of their success
they get something better than addiction; knowing Jesus


they stayed for lunch and sang a "thank you" song


I talked to Frank and Daryl


for dessert we brought strawberries
from our own garden

 

Monday, June 26, 2023

Dust control

 


we feel bad for our next door neighbours


they've been in the dust from our lane a lot


so we had dust control put calcium on our laneway



Friday, June 23, 2023

Gravel

 


we got 2 loads of gravel to make our lane more smooth
it was devided so nice, we didn't do any leveling

Thursday, June 22, 2023

brucetrail concession street to Paramount Park

 


we parked at Concession street, parking with a view


went down to a road


and more down the wentworth stairs 498 steps
but the Brucetrail only goes over the bottom part
there are 5 sets of stairs in Hamilton, these are popular


easy hike on the rail trail


view point


there's only so many roads off the mountain


mostly we had this kind of trail


we put our feet in the water


last part


and a stop at Albion Falls
all fenced in $75 ticket if you go down 
we talked to park officers, if they catch you
 going down on the other side it cost over $300

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Bunk Silo

 


This is where the new bunk silo will come


beside the other 4


Quite a few loads of soil


4 scoops and the truck is full


It looks smooth

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Sunday Man Choir


on Father's day we had a Men Choir


and an organist, who loved to play while they sang


More guys in the choir than I expected

 

Monday, June 19, 2023

Cleaning the pond


because of the nice weather
there's some algae


mostly on the side between plants


we took quite a bit out, looks much better
first time we have ever done this


Rien between the reeds


there are nests in the reeds


probably redwing blackbird

 

Friday, June 16, 2023

Sheep Moving


the sheep are very crowded 


this coverall used to hold goats


so there are water lines in the ground


now there's a bowl and gates


hay and straw are in


and the sheep have moved


lots of room here

 

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Mulch


Rien put the mulch on


the garden looks great


it's the manure kind, so good to improve the garden