Saturday, May 31, 2014

Cleaning up the fenceline with fire

 
Our Fence lin consisted of a few mature trees
 
 
and lots of the prickly wood kind of branches
 
 
They'd been cutting and stacking
now it's time for the real clean-up
 
 
It gets so hot you have to wait before piling more on
 
 They are large piles
 
 
The fence-line looks a lot better already
2 earlier posts:
 
 

Friday, May 30, 2014

Sunday

 
 
 
coming back from church we drove by the Ospreys
 
 
they put up several nesting boxes
 
 
as soon as you stop the car they're off in the air
 
 
SHIP in the evening
Why does God allow pain and suffering
That is a hard question
and I don't remember clearly what was said.
 
I do know that God is always with us
"I will never leave you or forsake you"
but He speaks most clearly when we are in the desert
 
 
Moria is temporarily back from Israel

Thursday, May 29, 2014

corn planting 2

 
unfolding the planter
 
 
lining up
 
 
fill with fertilizer
 
 
the new seeding is peeking out
 
 
feels good that the corn is in

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Corm planting 1

yesterday morning 
Good sign, the fertilizer truck
 
 
the planter follows
 
 
opening lids
 
 
putting in silage corn
 

 
curious cat
 
 
we are planting a bit late this year
 
 
we'd missed the early rain that fell south of us
thankful for that!
 
closing the lids
there was only a little wind, just lots of humidity


Monday, May 26, 2014

Heifers join the dry cows outside

 
 
This time we brought the heifers to the pasture with the trailer
 

put them in the back pen for a little while
 
 
They started calm
 
 
but we had to fix the fence
 
 
some went to the small walk-out
 where they used to go as little calves
 
 
fence fixed, and they stayed in after this
 



Planting the garden

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Seeding today?

 
I came home on Tuesday and this was in the field
 
 
half the field was seeded when he rained out
 
 
today it is still there but the forecast is good
we may get the whole field done soon

Friday, May 23, 2014

The long ride



 
Starting with a clean truck
 
 
Not many farmers in the field
 
 
gathering clouds
 
heavy rain for just a little while


refreshed, a good night sleep


 
rest stops every couple of hours
 
 Dike
 
 
Iowa, of the highway, no traffic
 
 
large farms
 
 
They are not that much farther then we are
 


The worst part was where 401 and 402 merged,
glad I usually don't go to Kitchener


Thursday, May 22, 2014

Grand -Rapids stopover

 
 
 
Some very hospitable people live in Grand Rapids
 
 
Cookie is getting more sociable with age