Category Archives: Farming

Getting to know my laptop

Posted on May 4, 2015 by farm2011

I won’t be calling myself computer savvy for awhile, but I am getting more used to this new laptop. The old saying is that you just have to use it to get used to it is really pretty true in … Continue reading →

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Corn and Beans

Posted on May 3, 2015 by farm2011

Daryl was able to get all the corn and bean crops in by Sunday night! Whoo Hooo!!! You just never know how the weather and the fields are going to be when you’re putting the crops in. I think I … Continue reading →

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Spring is in the air!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by farm2011

Wow! Just like that spring has Sprung! And not a minute too soon if you ask me. We’ve had a couple of days that we’ve got some small rain showers to clean off the leftover dirt from the snow and … Continue reading →

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The farm animals don’t know what’s hit them

Posted on April 13, 2015 by farm2011

Well it ‘s Monday and with both Daryl and I gone during the day Kyle has been looking for things to do. He’s been home for about a day and a half and is already pretty antsy. So the first … Continue reading →

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Spending the night grubbing out trees

Posted on April 2, 2015 by farm2011

We spent tonight working late to start to grub out some trees that are in our fence line. For some reason these volunteer trees just will all of a sudden appear and will grow and grow if you don’t take … Continue reading →

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Giggles – bad calf!

Posted on March 31, 2015 by farm2011

It was one of those days again when I pulled into the yard and noticed something (or someone!) that wasn’t supposed to be there. And guess who it was?  Well if you guessed Giggles – you are the winner!!  Yup, … Continue reading →

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Just like riding a bike

Posted on March 30, 2015 by farm2011

I haven’t made candy for .. well a couple of months now and with Easter just around the corner and after I promised that I’d send a box to New York for Kyle, I thought I’d better get it in … Continue reading →

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Yesterday I wore flip flops…

Posted on March 23, 2015 by farm2011

Remember when I said something like ‘ bring on the snow’? Yea.. maybe I shouldn’t have said that. Yesterday I wore flip flops home from the concert and seriously how much snow could we get. I mean they were talking … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up stuff & lessons learned

Posted on March 19, 2015 by farm2011

The weather has been awesome for this time of the year and who would believe that it’s March in Iowa? Well not me for sure! We’ve been in the 50’s, 60’s, and even hit 70 the other day. SCORE! It … Continue reading →

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Watching the sky

Posted on March 17, 2015 by farm2011

This is a good and a bad post. Let’s start first with the bad post. There was a severe solar storm that hit the Earth today that created a pretty big jot. The jolt could affect power grids and GPS … Continue reading →

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