I consider it a good agreement: my neighbor mows the meadows and we give the hay to him.
So in these sunny days Sandro (railwayman to make a living, farmer as a vocation), using a BCS mower manufactured over 50 years ago but kept in good repair and an old baler, has cut the hay, then has raked it (with our help), made small square bales (his daughter was driving the tractor) and perfectly cleaned the slopes. Just before a rainstorm.
It has been pleasing raking the hay together while chatting. Luckily I do have some good neighbors too!
1 working together
2 the old BCS mower
3 raking the slopes
4 Sandro and his baler
5 my neighbor’s daughter driving the tractor
Previous Journals
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fat dormouse (glis glis) and hazel dormouse (muscardinus avellanarius)
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chiffchaff (phylloscopus collybita)
Later Journals
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scarce swallowtail (iphiclides podalirius) , chives Blooming, lupin 'pinky' (from tralamander) B...
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grasshoppers and crickets , bees , meadow sage Blooming, and common daisy Blooming
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iris Dutch yellow and white Blooming, iris barbata (violet - old) Blooming, iris barbata Ambassa...
Comments
HollyBee wrote:
Lovely storey, great photos. I enjoyed both.
Posted on 23 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
graibeard wrote:
Good neighbours, good to have.
Judging by photo #4, that’s some slope! And in Photo #5, a Lamborghini, although I’m sure that one doesn’t max out at 200kmh, nor turn heads on the freeway. :-)
Posted on 23 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
rosemarieGardener wrote:
Lovely story and what a view in photo #1.
The BCS is dear to my heart.
Posted on 23 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
digfrance wrote:
You our so lucky very nice indeed!
Posted on 23 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
cristina wrote:
this is “la dolce vita” Nociveglia style: nice views, nice girls and Lamborghini ;-)
Posted on 28 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
seeingreen wrote:
Looks like a good crop of hay – are the cows you’ve shown us, Sandro’s?
The BSC mower is very like an old Allen Scythe http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/moms/mom14-as.htm we used to have.
Posted on 28 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
cristina wrote:
No, Sandro isn’t the owner, roaming cows and horses invade also his meadows…
Thank you for the link!
Posted on 28 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
flowerweaver wrote:
I love it! So nice to have good neighbors to offset the bad ones. I did not know Lamborghini made tractors. That is like our new low-flush toilet which is made by…Jacuzzi!
Posted on 29 Jul 12 (11 months ago)
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