The Anderson farm plaque |
Thankfully the weather for this week is all sun, so with a collective sigh of relief, most of the farmers are finishing up. After last year with the non-stop rain, many farmers were unable to get their Spring crops planted, so we were all a bit nervous that this was going to be a repeat of last Spring.
I wanted to give you a quick tour of what our main Genesee farm looks like.
A view down our farm lane. Notice the other neighbor across the road planting his spring crop |
This is where we store our combines until needed. Notice how big the combines are compared to the semi truck parked at the left |
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Because when we do this (keep our crops free from weeds) hopefully we get to do this (see the video below). Each season farmers all over the country plant their crops with great expectations and optimism that we will get to harvest what we planted. We hope we get timely rains, no hail or other weather hazards, and we are always watching the crops so we can keep on top of insects who also like to eat our crops too.
A picture of Spring wheat down at the Tammany farm
A pond behind the shop at the Genesee farm. This was a great place to play in the water for Farmers Joe & Jay when they were little |
A ride in our little all purpose tractor brings a big smile from Miss B getting to ride with Papa |
Lastly, one of my new-found loves is Pintrest and I came across a Braided Spaghetti Bread... yumm a new found favorite for dinner. So check out my Pintrest page. I will be making this next week and promise to take a step by step picture process for the Good Farm Eats page.
As always, many thanks for stopping by and if you have questions feel free to email me at idahofarmwif@gmail.com or leave a comment. So for now, I'll sign off as I need to spend some "quality time" with my backpack sprayer as the weeds are never ending. =) All my best, Gayle
Greetings from Iowa! Our planting is done and we have baled some hay already. I don't recall ever baling this early before.
ReplyDeleteI'm a city gal who found her way here by chance, but I must tell you how much I enjoyed browsing through your posts. I'll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
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