Barn Full

 After the late night it was hard to wake up at 5 and I slept in until past 5:30 am. Before heading to the walk I took the golf cart into the fields to count bales. We got 33 bales for this second cutting and now have 102 bales in the barn. Plenty to get us through even a hard winter. I took the picture below from the South side of the new barn,.

Diane is now back from Gulf Shores so we did one round before stopping in and visiting with Joan and mom. After the walk we needed to take the bucket off the skid steer. That was put outside the barn then we attached the auger to the skid steer to move that out of the way of the bales and finally Mark put the second bale spear on the skid steer. 

I restacked 17 first cutting bales over to the right side of the barn so we could start putting the new bales on the left then went out to start gathering bales and bringing them in for stacking. Mark took the tractor over to move the bales to the far end of the field by Joan's so it would be faster for the skid steer to pick them up and take them through the narrow strip into our field. There were just 10 bales in that field. Then started moving the far bales from our field near the back door of the barn so I could stack them. 

We both had to quit by 10:50 am. I needed to clean up to drive to Pekin to pick up a couple boxes of peaches. These are from Colorado and are just as sweet and juicy as the Georgia peaches but are bigger and cost $55.00 for 20 pounds.

That is a little pricy but they are SO good I decided it was worth it,

Mark went to his very first Physical Therapist appointment at Moose Clinic. He has been having problem with his left knee. It turned out his problem is his left hip. He has a lot of exercises to do now to help. I made it back before he did and went right back into the fields to keep moving bales. I had 6 more moved into the barn and stacked before he arrived to help and together we finished the job. Below are the 33 bales from this second cutting. They are in front of a few rows of the first cutting bales.

Below are the rest of the first cutting bales.

We were both hungry when we finished as we skipped lunch. Mark grilled a nice thick T-bone steak while I fried up some potatoes, sauteed onions and made a big salad with lots of crunchy vegetables added. 

Dinner was truly delicious and a ripe peach was perfect for dessert. I am so very thankful for a barn full of hay, a woodshed full of wood and a tummy full of delicious food. We are truly rich!