SEEDING

Wow,I can imagine that some of you might think we must have forgotten about our blog.....

But we didn't!

If you don't live in Manitoba then you might not know that we are experiencing an early spring,and in Manitoba if you are farmers and you get an early spring that means you start seeding early too,and that's exactly what we have been busy with.

Here are some pictures of what we have been busy with lately.

That day Mom and I were busy driving the big trucks filled with fertilizer and seed. We drove them to the fields where ever they needed them.

That's my Mom and Dad.

Filling up the air seeder.

This is my Mom helping load the seeder,I love her very much!

And this is my Dad driving the seeder,I love him very much too!

Spreading fertilizer.

And the BIG tractor.

Butchering Day

March 25 was butchering say at the Penner Farm shop. With about 15 -20 of the farm people around to help the work went pretty quickly and was actually lots of fun. And also rewarding if I may add. To put a supply of meat in the freezer to feed the crew is rewarding!

It all starts in the barn where we raise these curious critters. We kept a few back that we didn't ship to the killing plant and tackled the job ourselves.

De boning the meat before it gets put through the meat grinder.

Reuben and Brain had the job of grinding the meat.

Its always nice to see smiles on the peoples faces as they work.

Measuring the packages so they are almost all the right size.

Boneless pork chops.

My sweetheart! Abit tired as you can see,but after all its been a pretty long day!

The rows of sausages that our son in law Josh made with the help of Rita and Nathan.

Raymond and James were doing the labeling. They enjoyed putting some of their artistic work on some of the packages. Which is kind of nice later on when you get the packages out of of the freezer. It brings happy memories back from the day.

This package is labeled GB for ground beef.

Ruth did a video of some of us wrapping. Towards the end of the day it can become kind of funny at times.

Getting the combines ready for harvest.

This is a very exciting time of year for everyone on the farm,getting out the combines for harvest.
First washing them.

Then the guys service them.

Uncle Willie trying to find the problem.

The window washers and dusters. Making sure that they are all sparkling clean.

Now they are all ready for a long harvest.

We are very grateful for the sun and rain that God has given us through the summer months so that the fields can grow.

Now we ask that he will bless and that everyone will stay safe as we work through this busy time of year.