Grandpa again !

My daughter Anna-Maija got a son !

Even higher !

Changing motor oil and oil filter plus diluting the fuel with normal dieselfuel did'nt help the situation - k-value was 2.7.

Smoke value rising !

After ten thousand testkilometers and 612280 kms total drive the smoke value keeps on rising:


Value 2.6 is high and standard deviation 0,13 is low.

The day of Finnish flag

The midsummer day is devoted to Finnish flag. It is mounted midsummer eve and is up there overnight till the evening of midsummer day.

Midsummer eve

We use to burn fire for midsummer eve:

This fire started at 21.00 o'clock - sun is shinig - normally fire will be ignited at midnight.
Our brassband Pöytyän puhaltajat plays some Finnish melodies by the river Aura.

10 000 testkilometers

The longest day of the year and a new milestone:

No problems.

Man power

Photo taken in black mustard field 1989:

Now the twins Esko and Tuomo celebrate their 19. anniversary.

Five foot two

Organic rye has grown fast:

9000 kms

testdrive today:

Forty years ago

My parents sold their farm to me. This how the field looks today:

To work for 40 years for the farm makes a man look like this
Next generation looks much better:

Thirty years ago

And today Monday 4th June at 16.00 o'clock

Matriculation party and 5000 miles

Upper secondary school was over yesterday and Esko had his matriculation party with family and friends. Our brassband Pöytyän puhaltajat playd and
the conductor congratulated the french horn player for his medal for music art:

Jetta reached the first etap in the test series with canola oil; 5000 miles:

Weather was beatiful as the pride ( a Finnish saying ) and rye was growing strong.