Grandma's House Update

Sarah & Stacy stopped by Grandma's new house yesterday to see how things were coming along.Coming along, don't you think?

The Chickens Arrive

Here is Gilbert backed up to the door passing in chickens. His Dad, brother, and a couple more friends caught them in his barn and came to deliver them.

I didn't figure I'd be able to carry more than one at a time, so everyone else had to carry them, seven or eight at a time, depending on how many were going in each cage.

I opened and shut the cages.


Lisa got into it too! And there is Sarah at the edge of the picture with a glass of wine! Imagine that.

And Carrie did what Carrie does best...hid...

Chicken Barn

This was a busy week. We finished up the chicken barn last week and now we are able to catch up on our fall work. I spent most of the week spreading manure so that the pit is empty for the winter. Jesse worked away at washing machinery and putting it away.
Here is the chicken barn from the outside. All we need now is for Jim to come back and do a little more landscaping.


Here it is on the inside, last Sunday night , while we were waiting for the chickens to arrive.
Nice and clean, but it sure didn't take the hens long to get it dusty.

Here is the temperature controller. You can see that it was cool enough last week when they arrived.
And a few more controls, waiting for chickens to feed, and for eggs to release.

Or maybe ping pong balls, when you are bored and the hens are not there yet.

Pheasant Hunt

This weekend I was invited to go pheasant hunting at a pheasant preserve up near Perth Andover. We just happened to have the chicken barn ready, and the chickens were not coming till Sunday night, so I went. We shot skeet, and went on 2 hunts. I was a terrible shot but did manage to hit one skeet and one pheasant. I brought a few home, and Sarah wrapped a couple in bacon and cooked them tonight. Yummy.

Chicken Barn Roof Deleaking Extravaganza

The roof in the new chicken barn has been leaking a bit all summer as we worked in it, but it leaked like a sieve when the last 2 hurricanes passed through. Tanya had to listen to me grumble about it when she was down helping with corn, so she invited her siblings to a roof deleaking party, to coincide with our Thanksgiving meal plans. One of them forwarded the invite to everyone in the facebook world, but only the Fav Five showed up. No pics of them working, but after they were done they definitely wanted their pictures taken. A light rain last evening didn't show any leaks, so hopefully when the next hurricane passes by, my hens will stay dry. Thanks guys! Afterwards Grandma and Gilbert came and we enjoyed a great turkey dinner, with turnup, squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, dressing, apple and pumpkin pie. And wine & beer. And we all told what we were thankful for....

This Week

Wow, 10 days since the last post. Some things we have done this week. I took Carrie and some of her friends (Lexie & Beth pictured) to a movie last Saturday. We have been working on the chicken barn all week. And working away at the corn, half a load a day, waiting for silo to settle so I can get it all in. 3 more loads as of today. Friday night, Tanya came down and took Carrie to see Carrie Underwood concert. TJ bought the tickets for Tanya, but he is busy digging potatoes. He is half done he says, so we hope for good weather for him. Carrie was kind enough to come out to the farm for me to take her picture.

Grandma's House

We checked out the progress on Grandma's new house on Sunday. It is taking shape.

Another Silo Full

While Emma was helping out in the barn (she really loves milking the cows), her Mom was busy hauling in the silage. Here is the last 2 rows of corn in the first field we did, and then the last 2 rows in the second field. The last silo is pretty much full, but the problem is that we have one more field to do!

Harvesting Corn

Tanya came down last night to help me put in the corn silage. It is really early this year. After changing the knives on the harvester, we put in a few loads last night, and then finished filling a silo today that had our second cut grass in it. We might get another load in it tomorrow morning, and then we will get it ready to feed out of and then start filling the corn silo.

Who You Gonna Call?.... Peter!

Usually when a calf is born in the field we have to quit what we are doing and go get it and the mother. But not when Peter is around!. He quickly volunteered to help Carrie bring it home. May was quick to help out too.



It was good to have Peter & May here before the reunion, May also got a chance to enjoy the children. Maybe it will stir some maternal urges?


The night before they left, Peter treated us to lobster, which we boiled on the deck.

Today's News

"The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), principally out of Petawawa, Ont., and Gagetown, N.B., replaced the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during a ceremony held on Sunday."


So I thought it fitting to post a pic of Dan, with his Mom & Grandma, taken earlier this week before he left from Fredericton. We have heard he arrived safely, and wish him good luck, as well as Mike & Brad, and all the troops that are over in Afganistan with him.

Today 's Plowing Match

The plowing competition started today. The tractors arrived all week, and they all hit the fields at 9:00 am today. The horses came this morning and they plowed all afternoon. One furrow at a time. Makes you appreciate a tractor. We caught Stacy plowing today too. Future Queen of the Furrow? We shall see tomorrow. Tanya came last night with Madilyn and Sarah, and she and Carrie ran a canteen out of the Gator with proceeds going to next years M-S bike tour.

First Frost

Yesterday we finished our second cut of haylage, finally. With all the damp days it has taken ages this year. This morning we had our first frost. Here we are unloading the last load, and since no one took a picture of me mowing I've included a pic of the mower all washed up and ready to be put away.