FARM VISIT 2ND DAY

This is the 2nd day at Jerry's farm, today we picked and canned corn and afterwards the girls road around on Jerry's bikes. We later went down to David's cabin in the woods next to Jerry. I also showed them the tobacco fields that were planted on our land this year. Showed them how to top and prime. They prime from the bottom up and the  number of leaves taken is determined how ripe the stalks are. This is flue cured tobacco and only a few leaves are taken each time. I think now they probably get done with 3 or 4 primings because they can force ripening as opposed when I was growing up.

David's son lives in our old house across the road from Jerry's.

                               Davids Log cabin he built himself from old tobacco barn logs

                                                              Kristi washing beans

                                                          Rena putting beans in jars

                                          Girls next to David's 3 bear stump he had carved

                                                                       David

                                                       Old tobacco barn on Glenn's place

                                                      Showing girls about priming tobacco

                                                    Showing girls how to top tobacco

                                                      Girls walking in tobacco path

                                                             Tobacco stalk with blossom

                                                          Glenn's barn (old home place)

                                                              Kristi on Jerry's bike

                                                               Kayla getting started

                                                               Kelsey taking over

                                                                             Kelsey