Pictures say so much more....

Our new Drift wood..... It took two tow trucks and a bob cat to recover it from the river bank, only to discover it was even heavier then we though as our tractor can't move it to were we planned to put it. We planned to cut the long piece in two, but i am hoping our neighbour will move the other piece for us.

Getting ready to make magic.....

Moving half of it to the back yard.....

The start of our new fire pit seating...

Sabina has a new bike......

Junes bike is all put together and ready, but she is still having a little trouble getting the hang of it.

Autumn also got a new bike for her 13th birthday, but everyone ate it on her.....

June turned 7....

We had a great easter with our first outdoor easter egg hunt in years......

The G is back now, rebuilt and ready to prove itself......

We are ready to start seeding any day as it looks like the weather is warming up again this week. I am sure there are many things i am forgetting about but it's hard when you only post every two months.

George

Spring is late, so we have to hurry up....

So this is melodys new bike, the trek transport +, it is a electric assist cargo bike, we have put on over a 100 miles so fair and are really enjoying it, great for getting to work and some grocery runs so far. It is quickly becoming one of our favourite bikes.

We have been busy with mountain biking, autumn is in the race group this year and is really pushing her self. She came in 6th place at her first race and 4th place at her second race. She is really starting to push herself and her coach is bringing her inner toughness out of her.

June has taken to soccer, she is having a great time and her first goal is coming soon, I am sure.

And last week we were finally able to plant, we went like crazy for 3 days and got it all done before a weekend of rain. We were starting to get nervous about when we would plant and man if feels good we got it all done, since it is still wet and cool this week.


For the last few weeks we have had these turkeys hanging out in our yard the last few weeks and it seems that have taken up living in the bush across the road from us, so if they stick around a little longer we may have to name them.


So with the fields planted we are getting ready for autumns next two races and soon we will be in full on weeding mode. Till then we are just enjoying our late spring.

Man could i be productive if i didn't have to go work!!!!

Well in the last two days we have got the pumpkin patch really cleaning up. Almost everything has been hoed around( lots of thanks to my mom for the help with that), Melody did an amazing amount of rototilling down each row, lots of cultivating to help dry out the water logged field, and started row cultivating again today to help air out the soil more. I don't think our field has ever looked this clean at the being of July ever!!!!!

The temps have been +30 this week, so it usually only lets us work till 1 in the afternoon, then gives us some family time. Yesterday was really laid back, we all had a family afternoon nap ( well expect june, she just took turns waking us up). Then headed to town for the canada day festivities. Autumn hung out with some of her friends as june danced to the music in front of the stage. We meet up with some family there to watch the fire works, which were great. Then watch the an amazing lighting storm north of us as we drove home, luckily to find only a small amount of rain actually fell at our house.
Tomorrow hold some equipment repairs and hopefully to finally finish cleaning my garage. But with two more day off i know we will have lots more laughs ahead.

George

Going to be an awesome week!!!!

Well after the rain on sunday, all we could do tonight was head out for a mountain bike ride. We took along one of autumns friends for her first try at riding trails. Was a beautiful night and enjoyed a relaxed ride enjoying the beauty of nature. We then did some pavement riding over to a playground near the beach, and then a ice cream stop on the way home.

Our field no longer has huge lakes on it anymore but is still very soggy, i am hoping another day of sunshine and wind tomorrow will allow me to be able to get and and weed some higher sections. And hopefully full tilt weeding by wednesday and thursday.

Since Canada day is thursday i am hoping to so on the river boat cruise in town and catch the fireworks that night. Hopefully with a smile on my face about how clean my field is. Fingers Crossed!!!!!!

Where does it all come from?????

Well we had two very productive days friday night we cleaned up one really weedy section of field, then saturday got half the white pumpkins cleaned up and a large chunk of another section done. Then we were chased in by the rain at super time, we ate and watched a massive downpour, i felt so good about everything we had worked up and loosen from the 3 weeks of wetness we have had here.

Woke up to the sun this morning, and figured by tonight i would be able to walk the field to see how everything was looking, only to see the darkest clouds come rolling over the house. And then mother nature show me once again who really is in charge!!!!!!


So now it's off to town for some groceries and a then cook a nice super and a relaxing movie with my family. Sounds good to me!!!!

Friday night time to Hoe it up!!!!

Could it be??????? THe rain has stopped?????? THe forecast was calling for another big downpour this weekend, but they have just changed it to a week of sun and nice temps. So with the row cultivator hooked up and hoes in hand it is time to get the field cleaned up.

THe pumpkins we have reseed on june 14th are poking though the ground beautifully and look great. and even though there is the odd ugly messy patch for it being over a month since we seeded it's looking pretty good. ( till i think about the white pumpkins patch, but that is another story)

Off to work

George

BBQ, Bikes, hail, what a night...

So i was able to get back on the field yesterday to cultivate a and losen up the soil to help out the pumpkins. Then loaded up the the bikes to head to the last kids of mud for the season. We where chased all the way there by the scarest looking clouds i have seen in a week, the type of clouds that bring that massive summer downpour you usually get once a year, but this is our 4th or 5th this month. It started with rain then hail, as 100 people squeezed under the picnic shelter to stay dry, then watch the water run in flooding the shelter which quickly showed it was in one of the lower spots in the field.

But the sun broke though again and we headed out for our ride with 4 inches of water covering all the single track it made for a fun ride. June with her trail along bike and I rode with the faster teenage boys which lead to a real lung burner for me. Always hate to see kids of mud come to a end, but it was another great year.

On the way home june as she calls it a scrapbook page with the stickers she got for the kids accomplishments of what they learned this year. Along with the phases - Ride a Bike and JUne and Dad. Got home to jump on the tractor and take a spin around the field for put in some ruts to hold the water and help dry out the pumpkins, i am hating watching a wake behind the tractor like i am in a boat!!!!

Feels awesome to have kids so into mountain biking though!!!!

George