This little blog is almost five months old now. I was looking at my statistics page and found the most viewed posts so far. I suspected what #1 would be and was right, but was a bit suprised by #2. The most viewed post has nearly double the views of second place, and happens to be my favorite […]
Tag: corn
I shot a quick video today while I was loading corn to deliver to the ethanol plant. Nothing fancy, but you can see the auger inside the bin dumping corn into the bottom of the leg. The leg has a looooooooong belt inside of it with dozens of buckets that scoop the corn from the […]
Haven’t really posted much for you to read lately, but that’s because we’ve been in the field planting! I’ve been tweeting quite a bit from the tractor, but I can’t read or write much for an extended period without getting motion sick. And when you get home most nights after dark, working on a blog post is […]
I had a great idea come to me today while planting popcorn. I’ll pick a field of soybeans and a field of corn at the “home” farm since I’ll see those fields nearly every day. Once the seeds germinate I’ll take a picture in the same spot every week through harvest and then post all […]
There are so many ways for people to raise crops and livestock. Not only are the products diverse, but so are the methods of production as well as the producers themselves. Unfortunately there is often a divide between certain types of agriculture, and the different types tend to fight each other concerning what might be […]
Rainy day projectAnother rainy day project. A place for my son to play in the officeLots of seed in stock now. None planted so far. Cleaned and touched up paint to put on display in the office Cleaned out another grain bin Planter ready and waitng Mowed Grandpa’s yard Soil is ready to go for […]