Finally, the rains has come to the farm. Blessed rain. The haying season has been excellent and all the hay is either in the barn or still sitting in the fields in big round bales. Now it is time for the rain to fall, and fall it did. Right now it has been raining for about an hour and it appears it will rain all night. I certainly hope so. The creek has not been running for over a month and the grasses are all brown, so we need rain and lots of it. The sound of rain falling on the roof is just delightful and will certainly please the farmers.
Our new hay barn is finished too. Six sturdy young men installed the barn last Monday and Tuesday. It must have been incredibly hot installing the metal roof. That is yet another job I am pleased not to do. The new barn is right opposite the pond beside the road where fifty hay bales were left out last winter for use by the cattle. Alan asked us to put up the small barn so we did. He will cut the pine trees on our land and have the logs cut into boards for the sides, leaving the wood wet so the boards will shrink, thus providing air to circulate. We have a good system here on the farm. We help them and they help us so everyone benefits.
We do have a problem though. We will not be here for the Fair when we normally bid and purchase cattle from the children. But our travels will take us to Nova Scotia. In addition, between the new barn and the upgrades to the rental house, our well of money has run dry. Tomorrow we must give them the bad news. It is too bad to be poor!!
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