Baby goats....

This kid loves baby goats(pun intended), he talks about them often. We have never been goat farmers but his joy with goats could almost convince a guy to start.

Getting up the nerve.....

That pretty girl who was hauling loads last fall was working again. I tell you what, I am this close to asking her out. I didn't see a ring.... But she had gloves on so I am not sure...

Too much HP?

Is this too much horsepower for the sweetcorn patch? We pull out the big planter for this feat, usually we save it for when we are really behind on corn planting.

Choppin'

We did a little chopping of some rye, pretty good amount of material there. Our neighbor  Jon came to do the chopping and we hauled. It started off good, first load up the silo no problem, second load not so good. Plugged.... Climb to the top of silo and get it unplugged.... Start again..... Plugged..... Climb to top of silo and get it unplugged.... Start again.... Plugged! Well after trying to climb the chute the next time to unplug it and when the door dropped out from under my foot and I didn't hear it hit the ground for a few seconds so I backed out. Jon and his brother Jere saved the day and the bagger came to our place. And we filled up about 100feet. And we finished as you can see as the sun was going down. All turned out well and it will make good feed. You won't meet anybody who works harder than Jon and Jere and it was great to work with them and I learned a few things. And when I say hard workers I mean they only did chores, raked hay, raked and baled something like 200 stalk bales, chopped our 20 acres of rye, and got the bagger to our house and set up at the drop of a hat including instruction all on Monday.

High production

Pretty impressive what you can get done if you turn a 10 and 8 year old onto a job.  Lots of tomato potential this year.

Guest farmer from California.

A close friend Nate stopped by to help. Here he is loading some beans into the planter under the watchful eye of a seasoned farm hand.  Note the Bakersfield ball cap. It was great to see him and we all enjoyed the time, especially an early evening family ATV ride around the farm we took together, see ya next time Nate.

Stuck in the muck.....

Harrison and a few siblings had the job of driving the mule home the other night. Afew minutes later as I was planting 3 kids came running at me from across the field waving and screaming. There was a very dramatic story about almost tipping, mud flinging, people pushing, but the end result was a stuck utility vehicle. We went back and pulled it out the next day with a tractor. Did I mention this all happened in the "peat bed", local adversary of the chief. I was going to give a lecture on poor judgment and how to keep from getting stuck but realized it was not Harrisons fault, that it was a genetic trait, see the Oct 2011 post for reference about this topic.

Bean planting 2012

That smiling guy and I started planting beans last Saturday. It is very helpful to have a competent fella in the cab when getting the planter ready to go. Saves a lot of walking.