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M2A:
Happy 25 years! Looks like the party went well.

That planter sure does look nice for its age. I agree with how fertilizer can rust out the metal. sounds like you use liquid fertilizer. The old planter we have has boxes for granular. Although we do have a tank of nitan for the extra nitrogen in sweet corn at whorl.

Its nice to start to be able to put some equipment to sleep. I have some time before anything I use can get antifreezed. However the boss just got the last 2 acres of sweet corn in the ground on Monday. I was Heading past that way and got a pic from out my back window. Looked like it should make a good pic but looks like everything was too far away to see well.
IMG_4760 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
The fellas out to start and pick tomatoes and peppers next week, So far so good with them. Actually pretty pleased with those crops so far. After thinking things were going well in the apples it will end up being disappointing after such a cold and wet spring, but will still get some nice fruit its just going to be alot of work at the packing table grading them out. Cant win them all. Still could use the rain here as well. Been running the irrigation pumps all the time now. The large dam(5 acre surface)  is down 3 feet or so, No danger in running out but Lots of extra work when it gets dry.
Mike   

Buckskinner:
As a kid I would clean a handful of wheat out of the field and put it in my mouth and chew it until it turned into gum, albeit wheat flavored gum but gum nonetheless.

bjrogg:
Good luck with the tomato’s and peppers Mike. My favorite apple tree isn’t going to have very many apples this year. You could probably have counted the blossoms on it this spring.

Buckskinner I still do that every year.

We tried a sample of my son’s wheat yesterday but it was still just a little bit too wet.  The ground sure isn’t though. Cracked and parched.

Was another really heavy dew again last night and wind is supposed to be off the lake again. Keeps our temperature down and makes it hard to get the wheat dry enough to harvest.

Have my granddaughters birthday party today so will spend some time there and then try the wheat this afternoon.

Bjrogg

Buckskinner:
Dang, that is dry!  We got good soaker yesterday, rained on off all day.  You are in a tough spot right now whether to wish for rain now or not...

bjrogg:
We finished my son’s wheat today. It did pretty decent. Not sure what the exact yield was, but I think he is happy. I know he’s happy it’s off.

Had two combines and a cart going for awhile. Hydraulic line blew out on ours. Hopefully we can either fix it or get a new one.

Bjrogg

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