This is the south end of Pitt Lake which is about a kilometer north of the farm. A cool November day, though the clouds only settled in about mid-afternoon.
Trash cleanup continues at the farm and should be done by weeks end. Trash is the name given to the leaves and vines and weeds beaten free of the biomass when we harvest. It is amazing how much of it there is. I figure that we will take about six tons off the fields and out of the cleaning system this harvest. The benefits are two fold; first, removing this material through the harvest process takes nitrogen out of the biomass and second it beats up and floats off a lot of weeds that are still viable. Less weeds in the fields this fall, less weeds in the fields next year.
I have been following a murder trial, that is taking place on the prairies, in the news over the past week. Allegedly a twelve year old girl convinced her 25 year old boyfriend to murder her parents who didn't want them seeing each other anymore. While he was so engaged she is accused of murdering her little brother. A hell of a thing. If found guilty the 25 year old will get life with 20 years without a chance of parole. The girl, being a minor will get, I think, 3 years. I can only imagine how broken this child was to be complicit in this and cannot imagine how society will be able to restore her as she grows into adulthood. It is cases like this that lead a person like me, who does not especially believe in intercessionary prayer, to pray.
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