Miscellaneous Farm Scenes

Alicia finished mowing straw on Friday.  So nice to have  that job completed.  Next up for field work is to sub soil.  It's our last bit of tractor work for the season.  It's not a "rush to get it done" project but we will focus as much as we can, and try our best not to get too distracted by other tasks!

This past weekend we took some time to catch up on some long neglected jobs.  We put up the fence boards that we took down a year ago for Roni Jo and David's wedding.

Finally getting the fence boards put back up after the wedding, and a permanent place for the Mielke Funk road signs!

It's a good year to be a Cougar Football fan!  

I started working on cleaning up the raspberries. I've also been working on clearing the garden in hopes of putting chicken manure so that the nitrogen can soak in over the winter. 

Working on the raspberry patch.  The left side of this photo needs to be cleaned and pruned, the right side is finished.

Here you can see how some of the canes that produced fruit and need to be removed.  The canes with the yellowing foliage must all be cut out and hauled to the compost pile.

Here's a closer view of the area that I have worked on.  It always looks so much better when it's cleaned up.

This summer Reynald and Alicia found this huge chunk of granite in the field when they were fertilizing.  They brought it home for me.  This is the final resting place for our faithful cat, Leo, who died this past March.  We are using this piece of granite for his grave marker.  He was such a good kitty.  

Our faithful kitty.  Rest in peace dear Leo.

We haven't had a killing frost yet, just a nip of damage on the most tender plants, so my yard still looks bright and colorful.

Heliotrope and an old bicycle that we Reynald's when he was a boy.

Last week Wednesday, when I went out to do my morning chores, I looked to the west and saw this gorgeous site.  The moon was setting in the west, just before the sun was rising in the east.  This image is the moon.  It was breath taking.