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Buckskinner:
It almost always rains when a farmer is laid to rest. Rained like the dickens the day we buried my dad and can't tell you how many others farmer funerals I've been to and it's rained.
It's blessing from God and your dad, BJ!
M2A:
Good to see you guys getting some of your crop in. Your beans are looking nice. Its been wet and humid here for the last few weeks. Crazy how fast it can go from so dry to too wet.
Going to have the crew get a few bins of ginger golds on friday so I can pack some for the market on Saturday. Checked the sugar in them yesterday and their just at 12 brix so hope they sweeten up just a bit more but really like to start early with them. Took a look at some honey crisp the other day and they are coming along good, It will be the first good harvest off these trees so looking forward to how they produce.
IMG_4966 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
Another month and we should be starting on them.
I interrupted an armyworm's breakfast the other morning in the last planting of corn.
IMG_4964 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
They just started to arrive from the south so I'll have to keep tabs on them. They can cause a problems for me in a hurry.
Mike
bjrogg:
I know that to busy to post feeling Mike.
It’s been a crazy busy week here to.
Yup it always takes a long time to get to dry but it can get to wet in a hurry.
We certainly aren’t to wet here yet. The only real rain we got was on my dad’s funeral day. Still very great full for it. Sure could use some more. My lawn is starting to turn brown again. We are definitely farming a depleted subsoil now.
One of the reasons we bought the sprayer we did is that it’s designed especially for spraying tall corn. In the past this job was done by the airplane. This sprayer has cones over the wheel rims to smoothy guide the tall corn stalks around them. It also is very tall so it clears the top of lots of corn. The bottom of unit is covered with smooth removable panels so it doesn’t tear up or break over the corn.
There are two “wands” for sensing the corn rows and steering between them.
The sprayer boom is designed to raise very high. The center section right in front of the cab can be switched off and a section behind unit turned on to keep from driving through the sprayed corn.
I sprayed almost 2,000 acres this week for neighbors.
It’s a pretty crazy job.
Kinda like being in a corn maze. It’s easy to get lost in the tall corn. It would certainly be difficult without the GPS.
I took a couple pictures and a video. The pictures don’t really do the job justice, but I can’t post the video. Just have to imagine that you are driving 9 mph through a 10’ tall corn crop. 9 mph might not seem very fast to you but I’m pretty sure if you were sitting in the drivers seat you’d think it was.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
The crop duster was doing a field a couple miles away.
I have to admit I was a little jealous. I always thought I could really get into aerial application work. I love this kind of flying.
This guy is pulling some pretty serious G’s . He’s banking 90 degrees about 110’ off the deck. Going a lot faster than 10 mph to.
I have a video of him I can’t post either and this isn’t a great picture but it’s always fun watching these guys and gals.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
My dad’s cousin passed away. He was 86 and a good friend of my dads. He actually married my dads sister in law after my dad’s brother passed away.
My cousin came back for his funeral and we got together with some friends at the beach for a bonfire.
Was a beautiful night. Prefect temperature for a bonfire. The full moon rising over the lake was amazing. I know I’ve said it before, but this is really a special place. Wish you all could be here.
Bjrogg
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