Cheese and other products

 Here's a sample of some of the cheese products the farm in Ukraine is selling. They take orders online and deliver every week to the two nearby cities, Zaporosia and Dnipro.

That braided one is the type that's smoked in the first photos, it's a salty smoked string cheese, and makes a tasty snack! Here's some cheese in the packaging, ready for delivery. The ones that start with M are mozzarella. 

You may notice that they have labels with Ferma Garry on! or Farmer Garry, Garry's farm. Garry said he brought a label home, but he lost it somewhere. I can't decided if he's a little embarrassed or a little proud that they named it after him. 

 Looks like there's some butter in there, they make that also. Here's some other products they sell, along with whole roasting chickens. The kolbassa is made of beef, chicken or a mixture.  Some ladies from the village come help make the vereniki (you might say perogies) they sell those frozen.

Spring planting

 We have enjoyed watching the ice melt on the lake at the cottage over the last week. Garry is ready to get the boat back in the water to go fishing every morning. Or as soon as he helps the boys get the corn planted on the farm in Manitoba.

Amazingly, since most years, we plant in Ukraine weeks before here, Max is just getting the fields cultivated and ready to plant sunflowers and corn in Ukraine.

 He said they haven't have three dry days in a row since Garry left. However, he is very excited about how good the new alfalfa seeding looks that was planted in mid- March when Garry was there. 

Of course, only a farmer can appreciate seeing those tiny plants. Apparently the rain was good for the alfalfa.

And the oats, too. 

They did finish the second side of the barn roof.