Planting 2014
Planting started off late and with a bang. We had a few glitches with our new auto steer and clutches i.e. Losing signal, drifting, etc. For newbies to auto steer and clutches, it takes a little while to completely understand what you’re doing and what buttons not to push. We planted half our corn acres […]
Perfect conditions
I am planting the first field of corn today. The conditions are more than ideal. Now if I could understand how to work our auto steer system… I can’t take the time right now to figure it out. We don’t get spring conditions like this often enough!
Checking dirt
My dad taught me the dirt test. Squeeze the dirt into a ball. Then with you thumb, push it out over your index finger, if it comes out like tape, your soil is too wet. If it crumbles, your ok to work the ground. In this case, it looked almost ready. Maybe a day or […]
Lamb realities
I’ve been writing this blog for 3 years now and each year of lambing in the Spring I have a tendency to post more cute photos and not necessarily the everyday and sometimes ugly sides of lambing. But what blogger wants to write about all of the bad things that happen and the mistakes made? […]
Hanging low
Update: the ewe had triplets yesterday. It took her almost 4 hours. All the lambs are nursing and she seems to be doing ok, but her ligament and stomach muscles are stretched and will probably never return to normal according to our vet. Unfortunately she will always have this problem. I’m not sure if it […]
Honey bees and neonics
We will be doing a trial this year with treated and untreated seed. It is very difficult to find untreated corn seed in our area. Click on the photo to go to the article on neonics and bees.
Baby, it’s cold outside
I came in from doing chores this morning and my eyelashes and eyebrows had frost on them. It’s COLD! The wind is blowing and the temps are -17 F. The sheep seem fine. The sun is shining and they are eating hay out in the yard. Their cozy fleeces must keep them very warm in […]