Category: Farm Photos

What’s going on in that Field?

Driving around looking at fields can get a bit confusing…when you don’t know what you’re supposed to be looking at.  One of the crop that we grow, crimson clover, usually is planted into fields that had wheat the year before.  It’s not always the case that you get every single wheat kernel out of the field.  So you end up with “volunteer” crop.  This year the fields actually looked more like wheat fields than clover fields.

IMG_2902All the yellow grass looking stuff is the dying wheat.

So we went out and were able to spray a selective herbicide that would kill only the wheat and leave the clover behind to prosper without the competition that the wheat would give to our crop.  So now, as the wheat dies off, a few of our fields look really sick.

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When underneath the clover is healthy and ready to start grow, especially with the nice warm weather we have been having the past few days!!

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Another Winter Project

It’s important on a farm to keep you equipment running. And winter is the perfect time to fix what is broken and even fix up things that are looking run down.

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On our farm we try to take one piece of equipment apart completely, repair and repaint, and make sure that it’s up to the task of working hard for us for another…10 to 100 years!

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This is our long tooth heavy harrow. It’s used when working fields to level and break up large clods of dirt.

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The teeth have already been taken out in this photo. I’ll post an update as soon as we get it all shined up and ready to work some spring ground for planting!
Happy Friday!

More Cabbage!

The cabbage is the most exciting crop right now, not just because it’s new to our farm, but also because while the rest of our farm has been resting all winter the cabbage has been growing and thriving!  So another photo Friday…and more cabbage!

It’s time to split the heads.  Which basically means, well…what it sounds like.  We use a tool to cut open the cabbage heads so that they will bolt (send up seed heads that we will harvest).  Not all of them will bolt on their own, or at the same time unless we nudge them along.

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So that’s what we are doing out there.  While it’s a muddy job this time of year, it’s the only way to make sure the cabbage creates seeds for us to harvest this summer.  And in other news…it’s coleslaw for lunch!

IMG_2874We have also had some sunshine here, crops will be starting to enjoy the warmer temperatures in the soil and spring to life soon.  So out to the swings it is for our little farm boy!

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