It's 7:30 pm and if I look out the front window, I can see the twinkle of the combine lights as Mark scurries to finish up as much of the soybean harvest as he can before the predicted week of heavy rain hits. Frustratingly enough, I don't think he'll be able to finish what's left tonight and there will still be probably 10-20 acres left for yet another day. While this isn't really late for soybeans, it sure feels like the harvest has been drug out this year. It's early to tell yet, but I think the soybean crop is looking fairly good, especially relative to our grain yields for this year. They certainly are coming off clean, which is a nice testament to Mark's weed management skills.
My family likes to give me the gears about my so-called 'rants' on this blog, but I would like to take a moment to point out that in the latest ACORN newsletter (which is circulated to all the ACORN members in the Maritimes, my entry on GMO's (inspired by the super(?!) salmon) is featured on the front page as a 'guest editorial'. So there...hmph. :)
And speaking of rants, I've got a couple saved up that I'm just waiting for a quiet nap time to write about. Stay tuned for that.
In farm news, everything (except the ram) is still out on pasture, but the grass is starting to get a bit thin (especially with frost like we had this morning), so the barns have all been cleaned out and re-bedded, ready for move-in day. Rosie has been nice enough to wait until harvest is done to calve, so she's still on the watch list. The last of the lambs have been shipped and are in the freezer. Island Taylor Meats cut and wrapped this time and although their price is more, they do such a nice job (plus they can make sausage for us). Each cut is labeled and the sides have a great mix of cuts to suit anyone. I still have a few sides left, so if you're interested, let me know.
I had a request for a Halloween shot of the other spook from this house, so here ya go sis. Buzz buzz. How long do Halloween treats last anyway!??!! We only went to 4 houses! It doesn't help that we only had three spooks here this year, so there's a plethora of left-over treats to tempt the tastebuds...ugh. It doesn't help that I get weighed every two weeks now! Yikes.
Anyway, I hope this finds you recovering from a sugar and chocolate induced coma, starting to feel the pull of hibernation in the air.
-Sally
Do you remember those old Halloween Kisses ? Your older siblings used to get alot of them and they stayed stashed for months and many never did get eaten. Have you figured out what it costs to keep a sheep over the winter? There is a man with 10 Hair sheep[ewe lambs] who wants me to keep them for him until Sprng. I don't know what to charge. Your brother is handling the negotations......
ReplyDeletehey sal
ReplyDeleteisn't funny how the first real frost puts projects on the front line ,but also how it puts other things into perspective such as "it can wait till spring if it snows first".
Aww...is that not the cutest little honey of a bee?!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sal!
I hear you and Mark are in the latest issue of Saltscapes!
There's money to be made in writing Sal. (well, maybe not much, but still....I'm sure there's a market there somewhere) You could write from home, and have the best of both worlds.
Here's to not getting too windblown or wet!