The last couple of days we’ve gotten some very nice rains. It was starting to get a little dry, so the rains came at just the right time. The corn is just emerging and the pastures are lush and green. I have cattle on pasture at home and also on a small pasture that I [...]
The corn planting is done on this farm as of about an hour ago, the oats fields are turning green in the evening sunshine, the hay fields are green and slowly growing and all is well around here. The weeds are growing in the garden too! I never even got in there this [...]
Today I didn’t have all to much time for thinking or dwelling on very much, was out in the fields picking rocks thee old fashioned way, with a crew of kids and everything was done by hand, (and foot). Picked a couple oats fields and I’d say they were done good! Lucked out, had [...]
After ten months of feeding the cow herd it has ended today! All the cows are on pasture and I’m a little bewildered, ten months of feeding ended. Now what?? Tomorrow will be different that’s for sure! And I ain’t complaining at all here. It’s just so weird to see and to know [...]
Today something special happened around here. It rained! What’s so special about that? This is the first time in three years it rained in May around here! This gives me hope beyond hope that the major drought is busting! A gentle rain hour after hour, a calf was born this afternoon in the rain [...]
The oats is planted for the year and the hay with also. In fact I started disking a corn field this afternoon. Now instead of being behind schedule we’re right on time for this area. I posted some pictures and a short explanation of our fanning mill and cleaning oats last week. You [...]
Busy week around here! Started doing some field work and as of this Tuesday evening I got 20 acres of oats planted. That’s about half, and I hope to have the rest in this week. Next week if all goes well, I’ll start on corn. Pasture fences continue to be fixed up daily [...]
It is well. Almost over the hump, as of today we got about two thirds of the cows on pasture. What little there is of it. But they’re only put in small areas in their pastures with the majority saved for growing much more. So tomorrow morning there should be allot less cow [...]
Three years ago today this blog started. Or should I say I blundered into blogging. And in those three years the changes that are occurring amaze me. At church a while back it was stated that we are going through a total culture change every six years. What was thought of as bad [...]