Monthly Archives: May 2014

Visiting friends

Posted on May 18, 2014 by farm2011

Do you have friends that you’ve had what it seems like forever and you are just as comfortable around them 30 years later and you were when you first started to hang out? Well that’s what we’re lucky to have … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Swap, Museums, & Greenhouses

Posted on May 17, 2014 by farm2011

I saw an add earlier this week for a Hillbilly Swap close to where we live and I thought to myself ‘how could you pass up something like that?’ I had no idea what a Hillbilly Swap was, but it … Continue reading →

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And how does your garden grow?

Posted on May 15, 2014 by farm2011

If you would ask me that question – well the answer would be that the weeds are growing well and the rest? Not so well, at least in the garden. The greenhouse is still full of a little bit of … Continue reading →

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The best-laid plans of mice and men…

Posted on May 13, 2014 by farm2011

‘The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry’. Now I heard this quote probably 30 years ago from one of my friends and honestly I’ve never really thought about it again. Well,  until tonight. You probably know by … Continue reading →

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Birds are the word

Posted on May 12, 2014 by farm2011

Last weekend we were at our neighbors and we started to talk about our  peacocks.  We were laughing about the time that we had the peacocks only for a couple of years and then one late afternoon  the peacocks went … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 11, 2014 by farm2011

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s out there! It’s the one day of the year that we can do about anything we want and your family just kind of smiles and goes along with it. It’s great isn’t it? … Continue reading →

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Today’s job? Planting soybeans & working in the greenhouse

Posted on May 10, 2014 by farm2011

Daryl worked up the field this morning and was watching the weather pretty close. He wanted to see if he could get some of the fields planted with soybeans this weekend and if it rained too much it wouldn’t work. … Continue reading →

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Where is Daryl?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by farm2011

With the corn in, I wasn’t sure what Daryl was doing outside. I mean if I was him I’d watch some good movie on TV to celebrate that the corn was all in. But he wasn’t anywhere around and to … Continue reading →

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Corn is planted!

Posted on May 8, 2014 by farm2011

Yea!! Daryl got done with corn tonight and what a great feeling that is. He ended up taking a couple of half days off from work to get the corn in and it seemed to really work out good for … Continue reading →

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Planting Corn

Posted on May 7, 2014 by farm2011

Finally Daryl was able to get into the field tonight to plant corn. And it’s not only Daryl in the field – I think the whole county is either working up the ground or planting corn. There’s talk about rain … Continue reading →

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