A Summer Outing
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Yesterday (July 30th) was the 2011 District 9 Farm Bureau Young Farmer’s Summer Outing. Quite a mouthful, huh? Last year’s trip was a blast, but so was this year’s trip.
Blue Heron Winery
We started the day with a tour of Blue Heron Winery, near Cannelton, IN.
Everyone had a lot of fun at the winery.
The tour started with a trip into the cellar to see the stainless steel vats the winery uses to make their wine. As part of the tour, we were also able to taste several of the wines.
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Among the wines were a blueberry wine and a cherry wine. The official tour of the winery concluded with a trip into the vineyard to see some of the grapes. The particular vineyard we were in was growing Fredonia grapes.
While in the vineyard we were shown some tools used to test the sugar content of the grapes.
A big thanks to Gary and Lynn Dauby, owners of Blue Heron Winery, for taking us on the tour.
Celtic Cross
On our way out, we stopped to see the Celtic Cross, on the winery property. The cross was carved from one large stone found on the property.
The cross has been carved within a 20’x 22’ x 4’ stone that is natural to the hillside and sets at approximately a 23 degree angle.
Etienne Timber Harvest
The next stop on our trip was to Etienne Timber Harvest. (In southern Indiana we pronounce this “H-N”, not “A-T-N”) The tour of the timber harvest facility was very interesting. While there, we got to see the process for maintaining the different types of blades that the company uses to cut timber.
We also got to see the process for shaving bark from the trees. A tree with perfectly removed bark will have no bark, but will not have any of the white “pulp” of the tree showing.
The tree is then run through a system in which it is cut into a square.
The squares are then cut into strips and inspected.
High quality timber is sold, while lower quality timber is then processed for palates.
All parts of the timber are used, including the left over scraps, which are used to create mulch.
Tipsaw Lake
The final part of our outing was a trip to Tipsaw Lake, in the Hoosier National Forest, for dinner.
Do you want to do cool stuff like this? Talk to your local Farm Bureau Office about getting involved.
What did you do over the weekend?
Great pictures! Especially the one of Ciara at the beginning!
Of course the photo of Ciara is good. She’s adorable.