Well, I had one question about these things and thought I'd elaborate because I think it's interesting. I should probably go HELP, but that might come later. The thing in the stacks is Barley for the cows. David cut the grain with his sickle bar mower and then used his swather to bring it all into a row. The family went out and made seven bundles out of the barley and stacked them six on the bottom and one on top to shed the rain. This will help cure the grain. (Here's me being honest instead of telling a good story - I am not sure if the swather made the bundles or the people... I'll have to look into that - the people stacked them tho'). In New England - where I learned about this from Jack and Anne Lazor, we called them Stooks. Here they call them Shocks.
In two or three weeks they will bring out the thresher and have a good old fashioned thresheree. Pictures of that will come later. and maybe that's when I'll help. It's just so exciting to me that this is a part of my life, seeing these things really happen. It really makes me miss Jack and Anne, and all the rest of the Butterworkers. Today I miss Vermont in general even though it was a REALLY beautiful day here.
On a side note at the Engels Farm today they were getting the combine ready to harvest their Barley, totally different world; biggest difference? SO NOISEY!!!
love from Sugar Grove!
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it was so cool to see those in person. If you can take a picture of what happens to them next
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