Monthly Archives: July 2013

Wednesday is Mowing Day

Posted on July 17, 2013 by farm2011

I checked my new schedule before I headed home today from work to make sure that I try to at least somewhat stay on track. I was hoping that Wednesday was just lay on the couch day… but not so … Continue reading →

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The Amish Life

Posted on July 16, 2013 by farm2011

I’m back to trying to live the Amish life again. Now before you start rolling your eyes and say things like ‘not again!’, hear me out. This time I’m trying to be more like the Amish because I think they … Continue reading →

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Movies, picking rock, and a bike ride

Posted on July 14, 2013 by farm2011

What a really nice day we had. I don’t know if you have those days when the time just flies by, but today it was kind of a long day. We started the morning by watching this really scary movie, … Continue reading →

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Spending the afternoon on the water

Posted on July 13, 2013 by farm2011

My friends and I planned a kayaking trip for about 2 months and Saturday was the day we picked to go. With the weather forecast on Thursday for Saturday to be at 0 % chance of rain – things were … Continue reading →

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Streetscape Project in West Union

Posted on July 11, 2013 by farm2011

Tonight one of our local towns celebrated a milestone. Back in 2008, they started a project that honestly was truly amazing and just as amazing was to have completed this summer. What they did was to take their small town … Continue reading →

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Roots

Posted on July 10, 2013 by farm2011

Did you ever have a situation when someone tells you something and then you kind of store it for awhile and then low and behold you bring it out of your brain storage? Well that’s what happened to me today. … Continue reading →

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Still out picking rock

Posted on July 8, 2013 by farm2011

It’s July 8th and some people we heard are still planting corn. Can you believe it? Well, Daryl was able to get all our crops in, but we are still picking rock. We got around 6/10 of rain during the … Continue reading →

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Feast or Famine

Posted on July 7, 2013 by farm2011

So you probably won’t ever guess what I did tonight. I ended up watering the garden. Can you believe it? We went from having such a mud pile, to now having the plants (what actually are planted in the garden) … Continue reading →

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Bike Ride and baling

Posted on July 6, 2013 by farm2011

It is beautiful outside. Maybe a little windy, but really really nice. Daryl is out raking the oats that he cut the other day. I found out that he cut it kind of green he says, and was planning on … Continue reading →

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Driving around

Posted on July 5, 2013 by farm2011

Daryl hasn’t taken the Chevelle out this year, and it was about time that he did and we went for a ride. But if there’s anything that I learned is that you just don’t take the car out of the … Continue reading →

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