Category Archives: Farming

Field and yard work

Posted on May 14, 2013 by farm2011

We’ve been working to try to catch up on not only the field work, but also the yard work. Now granted, everyone knows that the field work is a lot more important than the yard work, but you really do … Continue reading →

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Mowing Lawn

Posted on May 6, 2013 by farm2011

Well it’s that time of the year and tonight we cranked up the lawn mowers and started to tackle the lawn. Finally the snow had melted and now the grass is getting really long. We had stored the rider in … Continue reading →

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Iowa weather

Posted on May 3, 2013 by farm2011

They always say, ‘If you don’t like the weather in Iowa, wait a couple of hours and it’ll change’. Well, that’s what’s happening. If you saw the picture of our backyard that I took a couple of days ago, you … Continue reading →

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What?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by farm2011

May 2, 2013 Yea, it’s snowing, and then snowing some more. Now I know that it could be worse. There are a lot of towns near us that have been getting a lot more snow, and some of the major … Continue reading →

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Picking rocks

Posted on April 29, 2013 by farm2011

Well it’s that time of the year again – Rock Picking. After work when Daryl came home, he was wondering if I could help pick up some rock just with the bucket on the tractor. He wanted to get the … Continue reading →

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Dragging the fields & Concerts

Posted on April 28, 2013 by farm2011

We have early church on Sundays in our parish, and that’s good. We had a couple of things that we needed to get done before we headed down to Ames to visit William. The one thing that Daryl really wanted … Continue reading →

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Busy

Posted on April 27, 2013 by farm2011

This morning started by taking back the tiller to the hardware store. And wouldn’t you just know it that when they unloaded it – a pile of mud fell out from under it. Just not cool. It’s supposed to be … Continue reading →

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Feeling pretty sassy on Friday

Posted on April 26, 2013 by farm2011

On Thursday, all day I kept hearing how great everyone’s garden is looking and that their produce is so many inches tall. OK, so my garden is still looking pretty bad, so I decided to call my favorite hardware store … Continue reading →

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Yard work

Posted on April 25, 2013 by farm2011

I think Spring is finally here, Yea! The weather finally was warmer than it has been for many months and you can sure tell that everyone is enjoying it! After work I started to work out in the yard. There … Continue reading →

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Not looking too good

Posted on April 22, 2013 by farm2011

So I checked again on my tomatoes in the green house tonight. I’m not sure why I thought that they would miraculously look like they recovered – but when I checked them they still looked bad. They looked really bad and … Continue reading →

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