I will be keeping things small. Land is hard to rent, only have this 3 acres because of a dispute between farmer and land owner... I heard about the falling out, didn't want in the middle of things, then one day asked the guy if he wanted the weeds disked down, next thing I know, I'm farming. I've got quite a few friends who are interested in helping me and seeing me succeed, Trying to pick up the best habits of a few of the friends and neighbors I help and observe. Probably won't get any more land opportunities for a while, and that's ok. I do have learning to do. I only planted corn this year because it had soybeans last year, and I have a corn burner furnace, if I don't get enough corn off that 3 acres to heat my house all next winter and then some, well, I don't have much business farming, anyway. Next year, I'm considering growing soybeans on 2 of the 3 acres, and popcorn on 1 acre. I've been growing Popcorn for a couple years in the garden, many people locally know it and are interested, I think if I actually grew enough to sell that I could sell it, between local folks and a few farmer's markets. Right now, Farming is just a hobby for me, Someday I'd like the opportunity do more, in the meantime, I'll just enjoy what I'm doing.
I just hated using that 2 row, I've planted 25 acres in the same time I planted my 3, and if I'm going to buy a planter, I want one worth owning, and useful to me if I do get the chance to farm more. With the planter I used, and the level of tillage I did in the short time I had, the seed depth and coverage was absolutely atrocious, mainly in a few hard spots where it only got disked a few inches deep. The spacing seems acceptable, however. I know that the level of tillage I did would have been approiate if I'd had a planter capable of doing a better job, I just wasn't anticipating the results. Live and learn. Thanks for the input! -Andy
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Today's Featured Article - A Lifetime of David Brown - by Samuel Kennedy. I was born in 1950 and reared on my family�s 100 acre farm. It was a fairly typical Northern Ireland farm where the main enterprise was dairying but some pigs, poultry and sheep were also kept. Potatoes were grown for sale and oats were grown to be used for cattle and horse feeding. Up to about 1958 the dairy cows were fed hay with some turnips and after that grass silage was the main winter feed. That same year was the last in which flax was grown on the farm. Flax provided the fibre which w
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