Monthly Archives: April 2013

Our peacocks

Posted on April 30, 2013 by farm2011

If you have been to our farm lately, or live in our neighborhood, there has been a pretty good chance that you’ve been hearing our peacocks. There is a couple of reasons why. The first one is that they hate … 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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Happy Anniversary to us!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by farm2011

Wow, it’s amazing that it’s our 30th anniversary. Do you remember when you were kids and there were pictures of married couples that were celebrating their 25th anniversary in the newspapers? I do, and I used to think, ‘Man those people … 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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Noisy Saturday

Posted on April 21, 2013 by farm2011

Finally, we were able to get some sun shine on Saturday. I don’t know about you, but when it’s always raining and cold outside, just a little bit of the sun sure makes you feel better. And that’s what happened … Continue reading →

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Windmills

Posted on April 18, 2013 by farm2011

I was outside checking on the gopher situation the other day and seeing how bad it was going to be this spring, when I could hear something. Now standing in the pasture there are only so many things it could … Continue reading →

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