We’ve moved our steers onto the new seeding
Four 800-pound steers eat a lot of grass! A month ago, we moved them into the newly fenced pasture, but they ate the grass down all too quickly. But luckily, the new seeding next...
We’ve got all the tomatoes out of the Wall-O-Waters and caged (staked)
We got our corn (all 49 rows of 250 feet), squash, and pumpkins, 4½ rows (250-foot) of Dakota Pearl potatoes in before the heavy rains a few days ago. We ended up with another...
Things are finally getting back to normal
The rains have seemed to quit and we're getting more caught up (or is it less behind?). Yesterday and today Will poured cement and laid up rock in the lower barn wall's slipforms. Today,...
The weather station is posting the F word
No, not that "F" word — frost! Tomorrow night, the temperature is diving down to a forecast of 35 degrees F. That's fine, but we usually have temperatures about 5 degrees colder than what...
Old Yeller rides again!!!
After more than two months of hard, sometimes frustrating work, Will finally got the last bolt fastened on Old Yeller, climbed up onto the seat, and started it up. After a head re-build, our...