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altivoAs of today we are done unloading and stacking hay until next summer. We've put away 720 bales (small squares) or approximately 15 tons. Each of those has to be handled at least two, and often three times before they reach their place on the storage pyramid. And pyramid it is. It looks rather like a miniature version of one of those Mayan temple things.
This is enough hay to last us until sometime next August. It also represents the last major task of the summer. There are still leaves to mulch and such, but nothing as big as the hay stacking.
You might think that we'd both look like body builders after manhandling 15 tons of hay every year, but alas, it doesn't seem to work that way. You do sweat, and get sore muscles though. And if it's dusty, a cough and a few sneezes are likely to result.
So how did we celebrate? We had home-made cabbage soup for dinner. I know that sounds mundane, but Gary makes a delicious sweet and sour cabbage soup that we both like. And he hasn't made any since April, so this was a treat.
After dinner I made some sweet corn relish and canned four pint jars of it. That's a once a year treat too, but it needs to season a bit in the jar before it's ready to eat. Something to look forward to once the weather gets really cold. Just about everything is ready for snow here now.
Oh, and that free duck Gary got is still laying. Ten days in a row now she has given us a fresh egg. This morning I made pancakes with two of them.
This is enough hay to last us until sometime next August. It also represents the last major task of the summer. There are still leaves to mulch and such, but nothing as big as the hay stacking.
You might think that we'd both look like body builders after manhandling 15 tons of hay every year, but alas, it doesn't seem to work that way. You do sweat, and get sore muscles though. And if it's dusty, a cough and a few sneezes are likely to result.
So how did we celebrate? We had home-made cabbage soup for dinner. I know that sounds mundane, but Gary makes a delicious sweet and sour cabbage soup that we both like. And he hasn't made any since April, so this was a treat.
After dinner I made some sweet corn relish and canned four pint jars of it. That's a once a year treat too, but it needs to season a bit in the jar before it's ready to eat. Something to look forward to once the weather gets really cold. Just about everything is ready for snow here now.
Oh, and that free duck Gary got is still laying. Ten days in a row now she has given us a fresh egg. This morning I made pancakes with two of them.
