Planting.............

We are finished!!

The earliest ever done. Finished on Monday , May 24. I took a few pictures yet that I want to share. I hope you will appreciate them.

This top picture on the left shows the Rez-Till on the left and the planter on the right. These were taken in the last field we planted. We even had to plow a few more acres to finish the seed we had. To expensive to throw it away. You can see the plow in the picture below here on the right.

All three tractors working in the same field. Going from a green hayfield, into a planted field of potatoes on the same day. Bet it was quite a shock to the foxes that cross it daily.


Another picture of the planter on the bottom. Taken in a different field that morning. You can see how dry it was. We had a nice rain on Tuesday. It was very welcome. So now it is time to clean everything, do some more grading, spread fertilizer and all that other fun stuff that keeps us going all summer. I hope you will enjoy your summer..............

Where did April go.........

Hey everyone, It seems that I missed posting altogether last month. But May is here now, and a new post in the making. I am going to show you the pictures of the recent renovations of the gardens in front of the house.
Tractor came in handy. It saved a lot of digging with the shovel. All the topsoil was removed.

We took out the bushes and transplanted them into new beds. First I scooped the sod of the lawn where the beds had to go. Then transplanted whatever mom wanted to save. Also with the front end loader of course. Otherwise there would not be enough dirt left around the roots. And we like healthy bushes and plants.




Here is a look at the new beds. We basically connected the Weeping Willow.


And went right to the Maple tree.


In the last picture you can see that I added rocks back in front of the house. The next step will be............

March is sliding by...........

Today is a nice quiet day. I know I needed an update soon. So here goes.
Spring is in the air, and has been for a while. The ice is almost out of the Bay, and we lost most of the snow earlier then usual. That was too bad. But the spring was good so far. Not too much mud. Don't really like all the mud. You get everything covered in it. Although, Marten seems to thrive on it. If there is no mud, he will make it, or find it with his four wheeler. Or his newest toy, a four wheel drive S-10. He cut the fenders out in the front, to accommodate the bigger tires. Took the box off the back, and put a set of stacks on it. And boy will it fling mud.
It's a thing to see. He did manage to get it a bit dirty. Looks like he had fun doing it too.
We are getting quite busy with shipping potatoes lately. It was high time. We had a few weeks that is was way to quiet. But things are picking up now. Seed will soon start moving too. Then it will be twice as busy. Trying to please everyone is going to be impossible. But we will try, one way or another.
I hope you all have a great week. Enjoy the warmer weather......

Bathurst.............

Once again , we were able to spend some time playing in the snow. Tim went with me this time. The trails are very good. All tough, close to the hotel there is hardly any snow, just like on PEI. But the farther in land you go, the more snow there is. We wanted to go to Mount Carleton today, but the trail was not open. After we talked to some guys familiar with that area, they told us that, as long as we didn't mind lifting our sleds over the trees, we could try it.
Not an option. we decided to head up a different direction instead. Saw lots of moose tracks, but no moose. however, we did see a couple of snowshoe hares. And a train. First time ever we had to stop the snowmobiles at a train crossing. Too bad it was dark, it would have made a good picture. The picture below is of the old railway bed that goes toward Nepisiguit, its amazing what they were able to do with only a couple of inches of snow.

This is a picture of the Miramichi groomer. He was a long way from home, they were helping out their sister club Nepisiguit, because the new groomer is not ready yet. It will be here and ready to go for Saturday. Too late for us to see it.

This one is of the TV Tower Road. This trail was freshly groomed with a bit of powder on top, does it get any better then that?

New Brunwick is going green with their power generation as well. You can see the wind turbines they put in place this past year. There must be about ten of them, at least. It takes some rugged equipment to get all the parts in place.

And this would be one of them. A rugged truck with a boom, to bring parts up the mountain trails, covered in snow.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story. But a picture only shows a small part of the experience. You would have to do this just once to know what its all about. I can tell you, the experience is priceless..........

New wheels.........

Just a picture of the truck. I took it with my phone this fall. Hope you like it Andre. Just for you. You will be happy to hear that it gets dirty once in a while.



Hope all of you are having a great day.

Sharing a few pictures of the holidays............

It was really nice to have every home for the holidays, it sure made for a full house. There was always something going on . We had early risers, and those that choose to go to bed really late. Board games, computer games, snowmobiling, although there was hardly enough snow for that. So much fun.

On left : Dianna, Jordan, Micaiah and Elliyah. Who at present live in New Jersey. It was so nice to see the grand children again. They grow up so fast. Two years from now, we hope to meet again for Christmas, DV. Then Micaiah will be four, and Elliyah 2.


And here we have Mary and Isaac, currently residing in Texas for the next twelve weeks. As part of Isaac's rotations. We hope that they will enjoy some warmer weather yet. It is very cold across North America right now.






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Next we have Matt and Amanda, who live in New Brunswick right now. Matt just finished his engineering degree. Congratulations Matt. Now to find a job in the middle of the winter...............Good thing the Ski Hill is hiring.
After that comes Pete, he is attending Dordt College in Iowa at the moment. Facebook says, he just arrived.
The cute couple in the next picture are Tim Jones and Rebecca. They are spending a lot of time together, and are enjoying each others company. Rebecca goes to the University of Prince Edward Island.
Then there's is of Micaiah.
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Box of Smarties in one hand, Merry Christmas shirt on and toys nearby. The look on his face says it all : Not sharing today, get your own.
And finally we have Caleb and Damaris, Caleb will be ten tomorrow, January 12.
Sorry, but I could not get all the text lined up with the right pictures. Its a nice little puzzle. Hope you can figure it out. Have fun, and again, a Blessed New Year to all.

Christmas 2009.........

It sure was a full house here this last week and as half. We had the whole family home for Christmas.

It was a blessing indeed. Good food and good company. The only one not happy was the turkey. A lot of boardgames were played.
Coffee and hot coco were used to ward of the cold. Not that it was freezing mind you. The temperature was mostly above zero for the last week. It was more a wet cold. We did have a few flurries for Christmas. So at least it was white instead of just wet.
Yesterday the temperature dropped way down, and the wind picked way up. Then the snow came and we had a snowstorm. It was great. A person should have at least one snowstorm during the holidays I think.
Then came today and we had to say goodbye to Mary & Isaac and Matt & Amanda. Even when they left, it was still blowing pretty good. The bridge was closed to high sided vehicles. But, by the afternoon, we got word that they were well on their way.
So now we still have Dianna & Jordan with their kids, Micaiah and Elliyah. They are staying until Sunday. Pete is home until the 11'th of January, and that leaves Rebecca, Damaris and Caleb home with us.
From our family to yours, we wish you a very Happy and Blessed New Year. And hope that the Lord may grant you health and happiness in 2010.......

.................HAPPY NEW YEAR..........