Yesterday was mostly spent freezing green and yellow beans.  I ended up with 13 pounds which I made into 1 pound packages, vacuum sealed and into the freezer.  Here they are:

I did some mixed packages too as they look so nice together.  Should be good to eat this winter.

My greenhouse is also coming along nicely.  There are lots of tomatoes but they are mostly green.  I pick the red ones as they appear.  Here are some of the roma tomatoes and one nice beef steak tomato:

Dennis has come in for a cup of tea so I will join him.  I will post this for now and get back to it later.  It's a grey day today.  I was going to make beet jelly today but with phonecalls and other interruptions I will put it off until tomorrow.  I have to visit the lambs today to convince them that it's ok to allow me to handle them.  Fall fair starts this Friday!  Yikes!  Plus I have to get busy on my herb bed.  I am going to re-build it so it is higher off the ground and construct some kind of barrier to keep the dogs out.  I have no mint this year to go with my lamb so I am bound and determined to salvage a few plants to get them growing again.  Ok, tea is ready. 

2:17 pm  Took Finn up to find the ewes.  He is doing a great job of a "bush gather."  He brought them in to the agility field within a minute.  So I decided to give him some close work.  He really needs to find a slower gear and a better stop.  The only way to get that though, is to do more close work.  He lost them through the gate so had to go find them again.  That took a bit longer as the sheep were wise to the fact that he was still going to work them once they arrived at my feet.  He took so long bringing them in, making both himself and the sheep pretty hot and tired,  that I ended it as soon as they came back into the agility field.  The sheep had split up in the summer pasture.  He did a good job of gathering the 2 stragglers and pulling the flock together prior to bringing them through the gate. 

The two ram lambs that we are going to show in the fair came running for grain.  They let me scratch their ears and rub their backs without bolting, so that is progress!

Dennis is busy stapling felt to the rafters of the new barn.

Here are some pictures of the two boys we are entering into the fall fair.  They are purebred Katahdin hair sheep.  If someone buys them for breeding, we will register them with Katahdin Hair Sheep International.  We tried to join the Canadian organization but the requirements were too onerous.  We would have to have the sheep's coats inspected once a year by a certified coat inspector (to make sure the quality of coat is acceptable to be passed on in the line).  We would have to pay for the travel and accomodation and the test which just ended up being far too costly for our little flock.  Our original sheep are registered with KHSI so we decided to continue with that organization. 

I will have to put new collars on them soon.  They are growing out of these ones.  Red, the lamb by the fence in the top photo, has a beautiful ruff already.  Fred, the little boy below, has no ruff but he is handsome all the same.  Red is easier to handle and friendlier so he will make a great breeding ram.  They are both fat and sassy and should show well.

Time to cut the lawn before it snows....

Ok, I'm roaring mad!!!  Once again the belt that drives the blades on the lawn mower broke!  Argh!!  I really do hate this lawn mower.  I used to have a John Deere, which worked like a D-9 Cat!  It just kept on running and running.  It finally gave up the ghost and I was suckered into buying a Cub Cadet.  What a piece of junk!  The belts continually break.  They are a lot thinnner than the JD ones, plus the JD had 3 sets of blade whereas the CC has only 2.  Now the starter has quit.  I can't even move it up to the shop on it's own steam!  I will never buy another Cub Cadet ever in my life!  I am going to go to Prince George and buy a John Deere!  They should be on sale at this time of year.  Anyway, there is my complaint for today.  Plus, there was a funny smell while I was mowing the lawn.  It smelled like old urine or something.  And the mower kept squeaking like the wheels needed oiling.  When it broke down and wouldn't start I lifted the hood to see if I could see something obviously wrong.  It appears mice had built a nest inside the fan on top of the motor.  There was mouse nest all pushed centrifically against the edge of the housing over the motor.  What a stench!  I guess the squeaking was the mice getting the heck out of the motor housing!  Anyway, it sure looks and smells disgusting!
Ok, we're off to Houston to see that grandson who can't seem to return calls!  Oops, just found out he can't access his voice mail.  I will email you from now on, Matthew!