Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories

You don`t visit the countryside in the summer???? What about an immortal granny living in the countryside who you can go to for holidays???:):):)

PS. Don`t give up. You mentioned potato harvest. It might also produce that hollow sound in certain conditions. How?

@pawian, my immortal, unbeatable, super granny has only grown potatos, wheat and strawberries in the field, as far as I can remember, so I don't have any ideas anymore :)) ;)


The only thing that came to my mind was digging out potatos with the use of a hoe - the hoe hitting the ground makes a sort of blunt noise... Not sure about "hollow" though...

Nope, it isn`t hollow and doesn`t reverberate so noisily across the fields.

Hint - what do you do with a potato after digging it out???

They're throwing the potatoes in a... I dunno.... a potato container?

Or are they banging them against something to shake some of the dirt off?

Why? Dont they wash them??I hate to buy them soiled potatoes,they are cheap but you have to wash them thoroughly.

In the field?

Why not if they have a Water pipe again i wouldnt know never grew a freaking plant In my Life

What kind?


You can buy washed and unwashed ones.


Small farmers don`t usually wash potatoes in the field. It is enough when they just scrape chunks of soil off the skin. Thorough washing is performed in food processing plants.

Wheelbarrow, small cart?

Still don't know about the veg though. Too early for pumpkins. Marrows, aubergines?

Nope and nope, sorry. They are picking cucumbers, throwing them into plastic buckets. A few people move along 1 hectar strip of land and each carries a bucket. Each day there is new crop of cucumbers so they are doing it for weeks. :):):)

Today it is the first time this year when I am annoyed it is raining. It was supposed to start raining late afternoon and I had planned to do some jobs in the orchard and field.

Call me crazy but I have kept a diary of rainy days since April.
My entries:
April - frequent rains
May - 02.05., 06.05., 16-17-18.05
June - 09.06., 13.06., 24.06.,
July - 01.07., 12.07., 19.07., 26.07
August - 01.08

I classify those rainy days from 10% which means short drizzle to 300% which means total downpour. The one like that was on 26.07. The percentage is measured by checking the level of water in the rainwater collection tank next to our barn. 100% rain means the tank has been filled to the brim.

Ukrainian colours on our old stove again:

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I understand it is no longer used.

It is used on a daily basis, Alien. By our cats - as a watch tower.

Here a smaller version of a watch tower

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@pawian
Cats like from a horror movie, real Halloween.

What? Those sleepy itsy bitsy teeny weeny kittens a horror???

Look how they look at you. If you were a mouse, they would eat you immediately.

I must be careful in case they mistake a baboon for a big mouse.

Talking about rodents - this year, after 10 years of the ownership, I found the first rat in our barn. It was dead from the poison I had put there to combat the mice invasion.

One of the biggest I have seen in my life:

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LIAR,you have seen po.olina lol

@Cargo pants
This rat is a male.

lol and what is po.olina???? a she male too lol

Oops, I forgot to check its gender.

Now, a riddle - what did I do with the rat carcass???

Hint - sth very practical.

Compost?

Yes, but how is important.

Another hint - check this photo? What is going on?

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@pawian

I don't know the answer but I like the post.

Moles?

You plant trees.

Yes, I dug 8 holes for new trees. They have been waiting for their content since August until recently.
The rat carcass landed in one of the holes. I covered it with black agrifabric to keep dampness so that a new tree isn`t too dry after planting (the wetter, the better - that`s the rule pertaining to our climate and soil)

Imagine my utter amazement when last week I uncovered the fabric and didn`t find the body. A fox must have preyed on it.