During harvest we see cooler temperatures... This morning we made ice while protecting from frost with the irrigation system... it is wonderful to see the sun rise and the ice and water playing off the vine. In reality someone has to watch the system all night and you are glad when the sun comes up as it means you can go home and sleep.
We have noticed that we have fewer and fewer cold nights. In general the nights are warmer as well. Many people don't notice some of the more subtle aspects of global warming... this is a small change with a great effect.
Harvest brings out the cameras and the media. Part of my job is to assist media in getting their story or pictures...
I give interviews and generally know where to get the best shots... It is important to us to tell our story and to get the message out about about our farm and about the tribe's successes. There is much more to farming these days...
All seems to be working well in our receiving plant (where we pack berries). I wanted a picture to show what our optical sorter does (below). We can use only a few of these white berries when we make our juice so the rest goes to be composted along with leaves and vine that reach the plant. After the optical sorter we do a visual inspection and all berries run thru the metal detector as part of our commitment to safe, quality food.
The uplands around the bog are home to birds and wildlife. We have a couple of wild turkeys around, eating seeds from weeds along the roads and trails that connect various parts of the bog. Some of these roads are logging roads that date back some 70 years. The uplands also show some signs of glaciation as well.... bare rocks with striations created by rocks scraping the roots of the Muskoka Mountains or erratics, large boulders sitting alone in the forest. I took a little drive thru the wet bush to reach the other side of the bog. Although it was a gray day, and the colors were muted, there were splashes of color. In the summer the bush can be so green. So many different shades of green, so much life... the forest never ceases to amaze me.
During harvest we see cooler temperatures... This morning we made ice while protecting from frost with the irrigation system... it is wonderful to see the sun rise and the ice and water playing off the vine. In reality someone has to watch the system all night and you are glad when the sun comes up as it means you can go home and sleep.
