It’s getting drier and drier around here lately, nothing new about that. This will be year number three of dry weather in this immediate location. Don’t need webbed feet around here I can tell you. A dust mask wouldn’t hurt though. The hay crop is moving along on the farm with maybe a [...]
I was reading in our “free†county paper this weekend, in the farm section, that the culture of death is on the march in Washington, DC. You know, the place where money is everything nowadays. Looks like the corporate culture of death ag guys figure on pushing GMO’s in the farm bill. [...]
In the last year or so I have been reading about the range of trace minerals in sea salt and have read accounts of farmers fertilizing their land with sea salt. Doing this is purported to add trace minerals and increase the palatability of pastures. One sea salt distributor is recommending that 250 pounds of [...]
Started cutting some hay today, got fifteen acres down so that’s a teeny start to the next few weeks work. Went good, no breakdowns or unexpected woodchuck holes to wreak havoc with the sickle on the haybine. If the weather holds we might be baling come Monday but I hope the [...]
I am having trouble keeping up with all of the work that needs to be done this time of year. All of the contributors to this blog are having the same problem. And with it staying light until around 9:30 pm, it is easy to keeping working right up until it is time to go [...]