Category: Crops

It’s Green Bean Time

We are making the final preparations to our soil today to get ready to plant green beans tomorrow! It’s no small task either. 

  
The soil has been worked down for a few weeks.  We have applied a preplant fertilizer and will work that into the soil today. Which will also bring up some fresh dirt with good moisture to make it ideal for planting seeds. 

 
  And as an added benefit working the ground one more time will knock down any small weeds that have grown the past few weeks. Saving us an application of herbicide as well!

  

We haven’t grown green beans for a few years but it has always been one of my favorite crops. Glad that we get to add it back into our mix of crops this year!  I’ll have updates as the plants grow through the spring, this field of dirt will look very different very soon!

Spring Time Blooms

Our cabbage seed has been blooming for awhile now. And it keeps getting more and more beautiful.  

Our crimson clover is also in full bloom.  

 It’s not surprising that bees all around our fields are very happy buzzing around making honey for them and pollenizing for us farmers!

Irrigation has also started up this year.  


Happy photo Friday! 

Green Bean Field Dirt Work

We are gearing up to plant our first field of green beans for the year. Using our newest John Deere tractor to get the job done, equipped with auto steer to boot. Which basically means the driver only has to turn the corners, point the tractor in the right direction and it takes the wheel.  

 Meanwhile Hoot is at the farm not to sure where to hit the auto steer button on his tractor… 

 Happy Photo Friday!