New Tractor

Well, we actually got a real one, but while we were waiting for it, and to have it set up, we enjoyed this one, with it's wheels spinning in the wind. Cute.
So this week we finally unparked the new John Deere 6330 and started using it. We haven't had the loader on it yet, but if it works as good on it as it does on the old 6120, we will be happy.

If anyone is wondering how we made out with all those wagons we picked up a couple of months ago, we have also finally got them all in use. The 2 tandem wagons went under the forage boxes we picked up last year, so that brings that fleet up to 5. Shouldn't have to wait for a wagon now, huh.

We picked up enough lumber to build 3 new hay racks. We had most of our haying done before I got them built, used 1 of them for 1 day, but the last 2 weeks of rainy weather allowed me time to get the other 2 built.

So we now have 8 hay wagons, just haven't a picture of them all in the same place. I am sure I will sometime.

We will enjoy seeing the one we replaced on several bonfires. we had a few beers as we built it, and might just have another as it burns.

Brigitte!!

It was great to have Brigitte, and her 2 children, Oscar and Xavier here for the weekend. She stopped by on her way home from New Hampshire. Not exactly on her way, but we were sure glad to see her. We did some great catching up on Friday night, and on Saturday we spent lots of time in the pool. Stacy was over with her kids, and Grandma stopped by too. The boys just loved visiting the farm. She even stopped and had a picnic lunch with Tanya and her kids in Florenceville on her way home. So good to see you, Brigitte.

Tractor Canada

Today we were honoured to be one of the farms visited by Dr. John Varty, Molly Daley, and Micheal Liew. AKA Tractor Canada. They are driving a farm tractor across Canada, and started out in Charlottetown, PEI on July 1st. They plan on interviewing farm families and are planning to do a documentary about farming, farm families, and food. We had a nice, long, enjoyable visit, and shared lots of thoughts. I just looked at their planned itinerary, and they were hoping to be in Quebec by today. I know why they are not. The next time we drive across Canada, we just might catch up with them. If anybody wants to meet some good people, find these guys and have a chat.