Its been so busy around here I’m having a hard time finding time to write anything nowadays! But such is life in summer on the farm. Busy cultivating corn today and its a little behind but looking pretty good although we’re getting short on moister again. So what else is new? I’d probably [...]
I’ve been busy dropping hay in the fields today, tomorrow will be the same, although if it would rain we’d gladly take it and never complain around these parts. The corn is finally starting to grow a little bit being that its warming up in these parts finally. Still no heat waves [...]
As the week comes to a close there’s been allot of farm work accomplished around here. There’s a good start with the hay crop with around two hundred and forty round bales made so far, all without rain and in perfect condition. Monday will be the start of another week and I [...]
A little bit ago I brought in a load of the first bales of the year to be made around this farm and I guess that means that the long ordeal is done with! The hay was made perfectly, good green bales, perfectly dried and nutritious. I did a bit of everything today [...]
Glory to God, things are moving right along in these parts. Had us a few rains this week and its to wet to attempt field work, but I was able to cut one field of hay today for a start to the hay season on this farm. The hay is really good this year with [...]
Well, its a Wednesday and that means church tonight. I’m in the house most of the day today with it raining outside for hours. Picked up an inch and a half out of this one and a happier farmer it would be hard to find anywhere! Its been a long time since I was able [...]
It was in the lower seventies here today and it felt like a heat wave after the week we had. But I’m telling you I haven’t seen it as good as this around these parts in a few years! Is it ever green! And on Thursday evening we received a strong two inches [...]
Glory to God, its looking like an old fashioned Minnesota summer around here! In other words I was wearing my winter coat a few hours today outside, started a fire in the outdoor wood boiler this evening because the house was getting an uncomfortable chill to it, which is now getting allot more [...]