Calving season

The cows in the neighbour's paddocks have been calving. Amazing how they look so much like their mums!

Plate Display Rack

I collect English Meakin china from the 1940-1960's. I've been waiting almost a year to be able to unpack them and put them on display in the kitchen where I can get some use out of them. Robert made a plate display rack to fit above the fireplace.

There is 21 metres of dowel in the construction, and it has 29 compartments.

It can hold 29-87 plates, depending on the size.

Robert got a real buzz out of making it.

He got to use a drill press, a cordless drill, clamps, a router and both hand and power saws.

Justifiable use of all those "boys toys" purchases over the years !!

HAY

We arranged for someone to come and cut the grass on our property and turn into bales for silage.

So we got the grass cut for free - and the farmer got silage for his cattle.

Silage : green fodder compacted and stored in airtight condition, without being dried,

used as animal feed in the winter.

They managed to get 20 bales.

They have gone to be plastic wrapped now.

Bye Bye Bales.