Well Guys I have had a busy week so I did not have the time for much computer playing. We finally got started last Sunday afternoon. 95% of the ground was good to go. So we just watched the low spots.
We are done for all practical purposes. Both beans and corn. I have 15 acres that has Rye growing that I want to bale before the last manure spreading and then it will be planted to silage corn and some late beans. Usually we can get the Rye bales just at late corn planting time. This year the cool spring set it back 2-3 weeks.
Some of the first corn is already spiked. It should be showing better in a few days and I will get a few pictures. We switched to beans Wednesday afternoon and they are already sprouted. Should be up in a few days as well.
We had great weather and ground conditions after Monday. The ground worked better that it has in years.
As for all the arguing last week. I am going to keep posting. Those that don't like them JUST DO NOT READ THEM!!!!! I am not going to argue with the guys that cause the problems any longer. We can be civil in our disagreements. A good spirited discussion is great. The rest is BS.
This is the lane through my pasture to the back of the farm. I think the trees framing the road looks pretty.
This is some of the erosion control dams that are on the farm. They stop the run off and then slowly drain out later through stand pipes into the tile lines. The green is the Rye that I talked about making into hay. It really has grown this week with the heat.
This is the highest point on the farm. It is one mile back to this field from the house. The closest buildings other than ours are over 1 1/2 miles away. My first wife and I always talked about building a cabin back there. The white you see is the fruit trees blooming in an old orchard. We never have been able to figure out why it is planted back so far. There has not been another house back there that we know about. The apple trees are about the only ones left. When I was a kids there where pear and peach trees there too.
This is another view from the back field. You can see the slopes we farm. The contour strips show up well too. This field only has twenty two acres in it. There are four dams and five grass water ways in it. When I was in high school the washouts where 10 feet deep in this field. Grand Dad had the dams put in and laid the field out into contour strips. You can grow some pretty good crops on the land now. Just have to use common sense on how to do it. We all laugh about some one trying to plant it with a big 24 row planter. Some of the planted strips only have less than an acre in them between the grass water ways.
We are done for all practical purposes. Both beans and corn. I have 15 acres that has Rye growing that I want to bale before the last manure spreading and then it will be planted to silage corn and some late beans. Usually we can get the Rye bales just at late corn planting time. This year the cool spring set it back 2-3 weeks.
Some of the first corn is already spiked. It should be showing better in a few days and I will get a few pictures. We switched to beans Wednesday afternoon and they are already sprouted. Should be up in a few days as well.
We had great weather and ground conditions after Monday. The ground worked better that it has in years.
As for all the arguing last week. I am going to keep posting. Those that don't like them JUST DO NOT READ THEM!!!!! I am not going to argue with the guys that cause the problems any longer. We can be civil in our disagreements. A good spirited discussion is great. The rest is BS.
This is the lane through my pasture to the back of the farm. I think the trees framing the road looks pretty.
This is some of the erosion control dams that are on the farm. They stop the run off and then slowly drain out later through stand pipes into the tile lines. The green is the Rye that I talked about making into hay. It really has grown this week with the heat.
This is the highest point on the farm. It is one mile back to this field from the house. The closest buildings other than ours are over 1 1/2 miles away. My first wife and I always talked about building a cabin back there. The white you see is the fruit trees blooming in an old orchard. We never have been able to figure out why it is planted back so far. There has not been another house back there that we know about. The apple trees are about the only ones left. When I was a kids there where pear and peach trees there too.
This is another view from the back field. You can see the slopes we farm. The contour strips show up well too. This field only has twenty two acres in it. There are four dams and five grass water ways in it. When I was in high school the washouts where 10 feet deep in this field. Grand Dad had the dams put in and laid the field out into contour strips. You can grow some pretty good crops on the land now. Just have to use common sense on how to do it. We all laugh about some one trying to plant it with a big 24 row planter. Some of the planted strips only have less than an acre in them between the grass water ways.
