Rollin' Again!

Well, it's time again.  My elbow, back, and feet already hurt and I haven't even done anything yet!  Kelly's been spreading anhydrous and Lynn has been disking.  Bob Tigges is busy hauling the anhydrous and we've got another fellow hauling corn.  Always plenty to do in the spring!  I've started some seedlings and am putting a REAL garden in this year.  Seed potatoes are ready to go in the ground, possibly tomorrow.  Asked Lynn to drag the disk through the ground before he unhooks it.  He said possibly tonight.  Gotta get some grass seed in before the rain which is expected in a couple of days--or sooner!

Pretty dusty. Not much for moisture through the winter.  Veeerrrryyyy cold winter!

Pretty mallards flew as soon as the shutter clicked!

Time's A'Wastin'!

Nearing the end of manure hauling.  It always gets a little hairy as they can't haul once the ground is frozen.  They are finishing a job and have one more left. 

New machine shed is going up.  I would hate to be those guys working outside in this cold.  Yesterday morning there was only a foundation.

Noon yesterday

  Close to 5 PM

Today at 11 AM

 

They worked until after dark last night.

What does the farmer say???

BESIDES HARVEST, 2013, WAS FINISHED ON 11/14/13!!!!!!!

This is what the farmer says:  (parody of "What does the fox say?")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyMv4kkSCvk

Getting Close to the End!

Lynn says we have about 150 acres left.  Not a great crop this year because of the drought. The corn is a little wet and drying has been a pain and expensive.  For those of you unfamiliar, there are bins for drying with fans and a dealybob in there to stir it.  After it gets dry, it is moved to another bin by way of tractors, wagons, and augers.  Augers are like elevators that take it to the top of the bin and dump it in.  I wonder if I've posted any pictures of that on this blog.  ?? 

Dumping on the go

Field monitor

Don't get too excited, it only says 209 bu/acre because he had to stop and back up to unplug.  It figures by the speed you are going, too, so since he wasn't moving at the time and the corn was still running through it looks real good!  On this photo, we had only been most of the way around the field as you can see from the photo.  What is lit up is where we had been.  The arrow was where we were when this photo was taken.  It all fills in in colors according to how the yield was in that area. 

 

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Dark areas are where the corn died during the hot, dry spell.  Not much corn in thoes areas.

Beavers had been busy

They eat the corn and haul the stalks

Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!!

I can't imagine how they live here, but okay....

This one was taken from the same spot, only to the left.

old as mold

Rental tractor

Chuck's old Allis

 Kelly's supper

Always fixin'

gotcha, Kelly!

 

Pasture No More

Rather sad as our last pasture is being turned to crop land.  No more cows and calving in the spring.  No more romping calves in the morning sun.  :(

These girls would love some of that baby food...

 

Curious calves

 

Kelly filling the creep feeder for the little ones

Fixin' Day

Rain today so it's a good time to change oil, grease things, weld things, etc.  Unfortunately, yesterday was full of repairs, so no work was done in the field.  First thing in the morning, the semi wouldn't start.  Didn't see Lynn until after 2:00 for lunch.  An axle broke on a manure wagon.  They carry quite a load! 

Didn't have any good beans and really had some bad beans.  Hoping the corn is looking better than the beans that were planted later.  Did I mention that harvesting the beans is finished?  That's always a good feeling. 

Lynn's MO cousin is coming up on Thursday to help.  He helps every year and it's always pleasant to have him around.  Plus we get to visit with his wife, Becky, as she comes up for a weekend during his visit. 

Make it a grand day! 

 

Beauty of Autumn in Iowa!  Found all of these things fairly close to home...

Harvest Continues AND Stinky Manure Hauling

Still in beans.  They are drying rather slowly.  Everything will be done at once.  We were in two fields today and they varied from the 20's to the 40's, as far as bushels per acre.  Interesting how different they can be. 

Corn field

  Silver Maple

Iowa State Flower, Wild Rose

 Walnuts in jackets

 Pampas Grass