Time for the bulls’ annual trich test. Bulls that have been with any cows will be penned, a scraping taken from their penis, it will be added to a solution, and it will be sent off to a lab for testing. An eartag will be replaced with this year’s color and recorded. Trichomoniasis in cattle…
Throwback Thursday: Ornaments, v.2.0
This was first posted May 21, 2015. The old International pickup. The old International pickup with ornaments “under the hood”.
Wordless Wednesday: Kit
For a jigsaw puzzle of this fox kit, go here.
Cool Stuff
Cool stuff today! Daniel found this guy, Rian, to come spray a few of our fields for alfalfa weevil. Now, we have a sprayer, a three wheeled vintage sprayer, but it’s well, getting older. Alfalfa weevil will ruin your crop, so they must be handled as soon as you find them. Rian’s got a different…
Water Everywhere
We’ve been receiving fair amount of rain… another .67” today. While the weather cooperates and things are dry, we feel the need to accomplish things and mark them off our list. Yesterday, Vernon, Brandon and I pulled the pipe trailer out to the new solar project. If you recall, I told how we’d fought the…
Wheel Day
I woke up last night about 11:30, tired from a day of hustle! I barely remembered to throw some food to the dogs before I staggered off to bed. Daniel has been working on putting this pivot together for quite a while… who knew something so simple looking was so crazy complex! Yesterday was wheel…
What a Blast
What a blast I’ve had the past few days! My cousin, who lives in Laos, on the other side of the world, had come to visit me and my sister. At one point, he mentioned how fun it was to sit and visit with Burtons… family that knows his stories and history and father. I…
Throwback Thursday: Put Your GPS Away, v.2.0
This was first published May 14, 2015. The sound was strange and my stomach sank. All dogs were asleep inside, alternately underfoot and snoring in the corner as befits a proper English Shepherd. This was during a snoring span. I turned to the window and saw a man, older, grey-haired, sweatshirted paunch over flannel pajama…
Wordless Wednesday: In Bloom
For a jigsaw puzzle of this apple tree in bloom, go HERE.
They Work!
Having the greatest time with my cousin… just thought I’d let you know, the cat cages work!
History Day
Fourth graders learn their states’ history… and I was asked to give a short talk about the Spring Creek Raid today for our fourth graders. Short, sweet, and a bit different take on the usual retelling as I included the side story of the Greet and Alexander families. The good news is: No students yawned….
Farmers
While I’m working on my house and yard, the guys are busy plowing, discing, and leveling fields. Look closely and you’ll see Vernon in the blue tractor. This field had a great deal of winter killed alfalfa… or rather it didn’t have alfalfa… Either way, they’re busy working on it. First you plow. Then you…