It’s still hot and dry at the homestead
We've been planting like crazy every single day, from morning until dark. I got in dozens of 100-foot rows of beans, both pole and bush, quite a few rows of squash, about a half-acre...
Our fall weather is helping with harvest
I've been very busy the last few days, pulling in more dry beans to shell out. I'm talking about 5-gallon buckets plumb full and several of them. Thank God, my knees have been slowly...
Harvest is in full swing now
Will is busy raking and baling hay. Yes, he's late but so are most of the other farmers in our area, due to our crazy weather. And breakdowns! It's a beautiful fall day for...
I almost lost Will on Friday!
Okay, it was Friday the 13th … He had taken a big round bale out to the cows in the North pasture and had come back though the pipe gate, parked the tractor on...
Boy, was it cold last night
We had less than 26 degrees F early this morning. Luckily, we'd been keeping a close eye on the weather forecast and were prepared. Will lit the heaters in both hoop houses, where our...