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 [...]
It’s May 6, 2013 and planting finally began on Scott Farms. This is not a terribly late planting date, but it seems much later because last year started and finished in record time. This time last year we had been done planting for two weeks, and because of wet weather we are getting a much [...]
We’re already a week into April! Last year that meant we’d been planting corn for a week. Luckily things are somewhat normal this spring despite a cold March. We haven’t even looked at the planter yet, let alone hook a tractor to it. We’re pushing 70 this weekend and rain is in the forecast, and [...]
Lots more happening on the farm this week. Take a look! New Iron Our 475 riding mower mows the yards of three houses and all the roadsides between them has 775 hours on the engine. It’s still a great mower and has no problems, but this brand new 730 that was delivered this week is [...]
March has arrived which means April is just around the corner. April means planting. Probably. We still have plenty of jobs to keep us occupied in the meantime, but good weather will arrive soon I hope. I can’t wait to see what our cover crops do once the temperature rises and the sun comes out! [...]
Regular readers are sure to have spied shots of the John Deere 4630 we picked up last summer at auction. To date all you’ve seen are still pictures of the tractor in the shop getting cleaned up or tuned up, and maybe a few shots of it running an auger to load corn. You may [...]
