Category Archives: Farming

Is today my lucky day?

Posted on August 6, 2012 by farm2011

Well I was off again to the farm auction and this time I was looking for a corn head for the combine. Daryl and I checked it out last night and we’ve got a routine down now on how this … Continue reading →

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Good news and Bad News

Posted on August 2, 2012 by farm2011

The Farmers Coop called today and said that we don’t have aphids in our soybean fields. That is the good news. They continued to say that we do have spider mites, this was the bad news. So they sprayed our … Continue reading →

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Will work for food

Posted on August 1, 2012 by farm2011

I don’t know if your Mom is like this or not, but sometimes when I do something for her she feels like she should pay me. So we have this understanding that if she thinks that she should pay me … Continue reading →

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Tuesday – Clean the garden day

Posted on July 31, 2012 by farm2011

So today I knew that I had to get the weeds that have been taking over the garden out. For some reason it was a project that I had to talk myself into, but once I got started it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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The many faces of a farmer

Posted on July 18, 2012 by farm2011

I think farmers can be called many things. Farmers can be called caregivers because how they treat both the land and their animals, they are horticulturists and talk about how much nitrogen there is or isn’t in the ground, they know what … Continue reading →

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The heat continues

Posted on July 17, 2012 by farm2011

It just seems like the same story over and over with the heat doesn’t it. It is hot outside and we are expected to get to 100. I don’t know how hot it actually did get, but the sun almost … Continue reading →

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Knee high by the 4th of July

Posted on July 7, 2012 by farm2011

Knee high by the 4th of July – that’s how tall your corn is supposed to be.  This saying must be very old, because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen anyone’s corn only knee high in July. The … Continue reading →

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Still no rain

Posted on July 6, 2012 by farm2011

Once again another hot day. I took a picture of a corn field by us, and even though it’s not ours it still shows how bad it’s getting. Last night on the news it showed the difference between the drought … Continue reading →

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It’s a gift

Posted on July 5, 2012 by farm2011

I think everyone is given a gift, and these past few days I’ve found mine. My ‘gift’, if you can  call it that – is to instantly sweat when I walk outside. Yea… I didn’t say it was a good … Continue reading →

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Heat wave continues

Posted on July 3, 2012 by farm2011

It has been so hot here lately and the crops are really starting to dry up. We have one part of the field that has more gravel on it, and the corn is really starting to look bad. For awhile … Continue reading →

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