Monthly Archives: October 2013

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by farm2011

It’s Halloween today and even though we missed our towns Trick or Treating night (Sunday night), we were still able to have two of our favorite Trick or Treaters stop in tonight. They were my niece and nephew. One of … Continue reading →

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Working outside tonight

Posted on October 30, 2013 by farm2011

It rained today, so I thought after work it would be just plain miserable!  But the sun came out and it was really pretty nice. So Daryl headed out to the field to do some disc chiseling and I started … Continue reading →

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Round Bales & Popcorn Balls

Posted on October 29, 2013 by farm2011

Since Daryl had gotten all the stalks chopped, after work he spent the time raking them up so they could get round baled. Our neighbor was planning on baling the stalks and it just worked out well that everything cooperated … Continue reading →

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Parents Weekend at college

Posted on October 27, 2013 by farm2011

It’s that time of the year again when the colleges have Parent’s weekend, and Iowa State had theirs this past weekend. It’s always such a great time, and we’ve been lucky to not only go to Central College when Kyle … Continue reading →

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Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it’s off to the vet we go

Posted on October 25, 2013 by farm2011

I wasn’t expecting this afternoon to go well, and I was right. I don’t want to be one of those ‘glass half empty’ kind of  people, but taking the dog and the cat to the local vet by myself just … Continue reading →

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Still chopping stalks….

Posted on October 24, 2013 by farm2011

Daryl has spent all of tonight in the field chopping stalks, and he’s still out there.  I think he’s only got one field left to do yet, so that’s good. It sure seems like it’s been a long harvest season … Continue reading →

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Time to kick it in gear!

Posted on October 23, 2013 by farm2011

I’ve made a list of everything that I need to do – and man oh man is it a long one. I don’t know if I’m been that lazy this past month or if I’ve just got a lot to … Continue reading →

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It’s a Date!

Posted on October 22, 2013 by farm2011

When you’re married to a farmer, no matter how many acres of land you have,  or the amount of cattle that live on your farm, there is one thing for certain – that when it’s time to work in the … Continue reading →

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Chopping Stalks & Laundry

Posted on October 20, 2013 by farm2011

Since Daryl was able to get quite a bit of the corn out of the field these past few days, he wanted to see if he could chop stalks today. Then once he’s got the corn stalks chopped, he was … Continue reading →

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Let the games begin

Posted on October 19, 2013 by farm2011

With the weather changing and a very high chance for frost tonight – it’s time to start to play the – ‘Should I cover the flowers or not’ game. Now granted the flowers do look a little bit on the … Continue reading →

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