Heat relief

If you didn't know it has been hot and dry here. The sows enjoyed a spray down. It works for kids too.

Classic tractors

A tractor ride was in town. We went down to Mr Smiths house to see a few of his on display, he is an orange tractor fan. They went by our house so we took a few moments to wave and cheer them on.

Corn time

It is sweet corn time. This crew helped with 10 dozen of so tonight. They did almost all of it by themselve. One little fella did his first ear by himself, raised it in victory!

Do you know what this is?

Have you ever seen those sections in a magazine that show some old piece of farm equipment that nobody uses anymore? Well what is that blue thing in the picture attached to that tractor? No it is not a counter weight.... We did a little cultivating of some corn on corn ground with a volunteer corn problem. Also did another 60 acres in place of second ignite  herbicide application, the cultivating was cheaper by my math even with the extended time of labor needed. I told Roger the neighbors might laugh at our little 6 row cultivator, he said the are probably just jealous and wish they had one. You can scream with this thing up to 7mph in tall corn, a far cry from the old S tine machine I spent months of my life on growing up. It is also important to have a cultivating buddy, one of mine is pictured here. Pretty brave guy perched high on the buddy seat with no shoes. When it gets really bumpy he likes to have the assurance of his hand in dads.

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.