August already?

I am not sure where July went... I came back near the end of June, we went to the conference in Kiev, we taught English and then went down to the sea with Clay and then it was August. Next week I am off for Manitoba again, leaving Garry here to make corn silage in two weeks.

As soon as they finish hay, they will need to start pulling up the irrigation lines. It looks like there will be lots of silage and then dry corn to combine later. While the sunflower fields are looking a little dry, the corn fields are still very wet and we have not needed to buy much water during July. Wet ground does not dry out as fast, so it looks like we are done with water for the year in the fields.

The third cut hay baling was slowed down when it kept raining, they made some hay that got rained on a couple times after they cut it, but its been dry since Monday and they are hoping to finish soon. The guys (and Leila) are really appreciating the hay elevator that came in the container a couple years ago, we finally got it working, so unloading is much easier now. All the rain made a good cutting, there may be almost as much as first cut, and fourth cut will be taking advantage of all the moisture in the ground, so it will be good too.


We had a relaxing couple days with Clay at the Sea of Azov before Garry dropped him at the airport yesterday. He got to experience some of what its like to live with three 20 something girls Tuesday night. They couldn't stop laughing and chatting and helping by cleaning up; usually before you are done with your knife or cup it's in the dishwasher.