Will is haying like mad now that we have some dry weather
Will got so far behind in haying due to all the wet weather we had. Now, he's working morning to evening, trying to get caught up. (He's usually done haying in early August. That's...
Will got another field of hay up, just before an inch of rain
You know, it's getting hard to farm around here. We seem not to have three days of sunshine in a row anymore. And it takes at least three days to cut, rake and dry...
We had a unique visitor today
Normally, along with our daily work of feeding chickens, watering cows, making hay, and pulling weeds in our gardens, we get occasional visits from folks wanting to buy seeds, take a tour of our...
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...
Finally, our thirsty gardens got rain
Although Will was hoping for no rain so he could get into the hayfield, it clouded up very dark and soon began to rain — then pour! I can't say I was sad though...