Category: Crops

Spring Wheat Fertilizing

I know that I’ve been posting mostly crop pictures on Fridays, but this time of year things are growing so fast and changing all the time that it’s so cool to me to see all the progress!!  Hope you’re all not getting too bored, I’m sure something will break soon and I can post some pics of that haha! (knock on wood!)2013-04-11_11-14-35_780Got some spring wheat fertilized yesterday!

2013-04-11_11-14-39_321This is my very “high tech” console that shows me how much I’m getting on, and my speed.

2013-04-11_11-14-44_338This is my slightly more high tech guidance screen that shows me where I’ve been and where I need to drive to get the best coverage.

2013-04-11_11-15-02_899Here’s another “high tech” item…a rear view mirror so I can glance back and see how much fertilizer I have in the tank.

2013-04-11_11-15-10_336You can see the fertilizer (small white granules) flying out the sides here behind me!

2013-04-11_17-02-07_326Pretty nice day to be out in the growing wheat fields!  It won’t be long before they start to get a much darker green and grow, and grow, and grow!

2013-04-11_17-03-30_881What a good day to be a farmer!

Look how the Wheat Fields have Grown!

Last week I posted these…

2013-03-07_16-21-40_314 2013-03-07_16-21-19_574 2013-03-07_16-20-59_934Same Wheat Field, 7 days later…

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Sunday…Work day?

Spring planting is always a bit stressful.  You can usually plan to have dry days, but trying to get enough dry days in a row and in the correct window for us to plant crops for the cannery can always be a bit difficult.  We were looking at 55 acres of pea ground, it had been worked down, fertilized and just needed to be planted as soon as possible.  So dad and I decided that with rain on the horizon, a contract to fulfill, we just didn’t get to have the luxury of caring that it was daylight savings morning and I was wanting to sleep in WAY more than head to work Sunday morning.  But as they say…You make hay when the sun shines.  We more often say, even if the sun isn’t out, it isn’t raining so LET’S GO!!

2013-03-09_15-00-02_314So dad and I set out, with 55 acres of dirt ahead of us and rain in the forecast.

2013-03-09_15-00-25_750We filled the drill about 5 times yesterday…

2013-03-09_15-26-24_372I rode on the back, making sure to hold on, harrows being pulled behind don’t look too forgiving while you’re driving along!

2013-03-09_16-37-35_63And dad drove, he loves to drive the planter!  I am pretty sure I will have to pry the steering wheel from his cold dead hands haha!

2013-03-09_16-37-30_22Plus he drives straighter than I do!

All in all it was a great day.  Usually when you work on Sundays around our farm, a higher power reminds you why you shouldn’t be out working.  We have had a tire fall off a combine on a Sunday, a hay truck go up in flames, small fires starting on some harvest equipment, you get the drift here.  But we finished up, high-fived and said, “Bring on the rain!” right as it started to sprinkle.  Sometimes you get those good breaks and this Sunday was one of them!