We seem to have moved into an unstable weather pattern, and the channel I check is showing a 50 percent chance of rain for most of the week. It certainly makes it difficult to decide whether to cut hay or not. Typical.
Again, I think we spend too much time checking the weather, but you don’t want to have hay lying around for a week that can’t be baled. I do have some hay at work to bale, but it won’t amount to much, and I am hoping that there will be a small window in which I will get that taken care of this week.
We finally tackled our cereal crop laneways. We had to wait for our lawnmower to return, and we spent the day on Friday getting that off the list. Some of the trails were a lot taller than what we like to cut, but without a mower we didn’t have much choice. We will have to go over them again soon to keep them short and tidy.
In the old days, we used to till the laneways, and it took us a month, so I am very thankful we moved to mowing. We are finding the crops to be quite short and advancing quickly. I think most crops are confused with the weather, from cold and dry to hot and dry and cold and dry again. It looks like we are moving into a period of warm weather again, so maybe they will level out.
I am finding that my flowers are either doing well or not doing well. My tomatoes look like I sprayed them with Roundup. My pumpkin patch is slow, and now I see the big, fat raven that lives in my yard has pulled a few out. So, I am very frustrated with him again. I am going to try to replant a few, but I am not sure there will be enough time to get any pumpkins. My little garden looks quite healthy. My mom has already picked a couple of cucumbers, but mine are not that good.
The Windy Ridge open house on Saturday morning was wonderful! The Martin family have a beautiful farm, and we are so lucky to have them in the Rainy River District! The pancakes and sausage were delish. The new addition of a heifer/dry cow barn was very impressive! I hope many of you made it out to see where your milk comes from!
The Emo Hospital Auxiliary drew the winners of their most recent lottery on Saturday. Congratulations to Shirley Teeple, who was lucky to win the beautiful charcuterie board made and donated by Glen and Karen Jackson, along with a meat package donated by KB Ranch! Tammy McLean won the Afghan, and Sheila Carmody the baby quilt! Congratulations and thanks to those who supported the lottery.
I loaded up my mom and two friends and went off to Dryden to surprise the Debney twins at their prom on Saturday night. Their prom includes a 10-block walk in their fancy attire. There were a few girls who had sore feet from walking that far in heels!
Congratulations to all the grads! My youngest niece has now finished her high school career and is heading to play hockey this fall with hopes of becoming a vet.
I hope everyone takes time to celebrate Canada on Wednesday. I love Canada and everything about it. I hope I am celebrating by sitting on a tractor cutting hay!
