The Farmer's Life http://thefarmerslife.com "When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization." - Daniel Webster Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 I’m Mostly Finished Farming Naked http://thefarmerslife.com/agnerd-2/not-a-naked-farmer-anymore/ http://thefarmerslife.com/agnerd-2/not-a-naked-farmer-anymore/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:20 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=3035 Being naked in a dirty, dusty, greasy environment isn’t the best situation.  All that stuff finds its way into all your little cracks and crevices and just makes a general mess of things.  So even though I prefer the look and feel of being fully nude I decided it was time to cover up. That’s [...]

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]]> http://thefarmerslife.com/agnerd-2/not-a-naked-farmer-anymore/feed/ 2 Farm Week in Pictures 06/16/2013 http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-06162013/ http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-06162013/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:38:22 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=3029 We skipped a week, but Farm Week in Pictures is back.  Last week was pretty much all pictures of the same thing that I’m saving for a different post in the near future.  The scenery is changing a bit as we move from planting and fertilizing to other tasks around the farm.  Take a look [...]

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]]> http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-06162013/feed/ 2 Planting 2.0 aka Replant http://thefarmerslife.com/planting-2/planting-2-0-aka-replant/ http://thefarmerslife.com/planting-2/planting-2-0-aka-replant/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:44:34 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=3006 You thought planting was done?  Well it is, but we may be seen swooping in a field or two for replant. What is Replant? Around here replant is usually the result of crops being drowned out by heavy rainfall that accumulates in low lying areas of a field.  Replanting is not an uncommon task, but [...]

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]]> http://thefarmerslife.com/planting-2/planting-2-0-aka-replant/feed/ 1 Farm Week in Pictures 06/02/2013 http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-06022013/ http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-06022013/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:17:41 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=2977 This edition of Farm Week in Pictures takes us into June already!  Planting has been done for over a week now so we are tending to the growing crop.  We sold and delivered some of last year’s crop this week and spent some time between rains fertilizing corn.  The weekend was a wet one so [...]

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]]> http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-06022013/feed/ 4 AgNerd Review: Motorola Roadster 2 and P4000 Power Pack http://thefarmerslife.com/agnerd-2/agnerd-review-motorola-roadster-2-and-p4000-power-pack/ http://thefarmerslife.com/agnerd-2/agnerd-review-motorola-roadster-2-and-p4000-power-pack/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:36:53 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=2969 Recently I was lucky enough to be offered the opportunity to try out a couple of Motorola gadgets from Verizon for a few weeks.  The Roadster 2 is a Bluetooth speaker made to clip to your vehicle’s sun visor and is intended for making hands free calls.  The P4000 is a portable charger for charging [...]

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]]> http://thefarmerslife.com/agnerd-2/agnerd-review-motorola-roadster-2-and-p4000-power-pack/feed/ 1 Farm Week in Pictures 05/25/2013 http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-05252013/ http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-05252013/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 20:15:11 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=2946 Farm Week in Pictures brings a close to the planting season this week.  We put in a long day Sunday, and finished on Wednesday, May 22 which happens to be our wedding anniversary.  With planting over outside of a replant situation and hopefully being able to double crop soybeans after wheat what is on the [...]

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]]> http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-05252013/feed/ 7 Farm Week in Pictures 05/19/2013 http://thefarmerslife.com/planting-2/farm-week-in-pictures-05192013/ http://thefarmerslife.com/planting-2/farm-week-in-pictures-05192013/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:20 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=2913 This Farm Week in Pictures brings you a week full of planting!  We are nearly done.  Corn finished up early in the week and we spent about two days on popcorn.  We are working on soybeans now, and they should be done in a few days if we don’t see rain.  Tomorrow we start with [...]

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]]> http://thefarmerslife.com/planting-2/farm-week-in-pictures-05192013/feed/ 0 Farm Week in Pictures 05/11/2013 http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-05112013/ http://thefarmerslife.com/farm-week-in-pictures/farm-week-in-pictures-05112013/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 02:24:02 +0000 Brian http://thefarmerslife.com/?p=2885 After than long, wet April Farm Week in Pictures finally brings you planting shots!  Monday through Thursday we planted corn.  Of course Plant 13 keeps us pretty busy, but it came to a standstill right at 5pm on Thursday with a brief rain shower.  Friday was a dreary day, so soil didn’t dry out.  The [...]

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