Predicting yields for the harvest season is pretty tricky. We never know how the weather or, well, anything will cooperate until the yield monitor on the combine tells the guys what's what. However, in the business of hay, harvest looks as predictable as the ending of last night's Dancing with the ... Read More about Hay and Roulette
Love/Hate Relationships
It's raining, and I think that's good. . . kind of. I actually have no idea, but rain in moderate amounts does the Earth good, right? In our part of the country, we haven't had the bucketfuls of rain as other parts in our state, but still the rain has wreaked havoc on Joe's plans to cut hay. ... Read More about Love/Hate Relationships
Farming and Exercise
It may be obvious that farming is an exercise in patience, but farming as a form of exercise? As a town girl transplanted to the country, I am finding out that this is true. Case in point: this morning. We were visiting Joe's family on their farm, and after visiting Grandpa Dick and Grandma D-lo ... Read More about Farming and Exercise
Superstitions
Don't start planting on a Friday.Never start harvesting or planting on the 13th.The best day to plant corn is April ___________(fill in the blank depending upon your family's lore).Is this for real? Is there any truth to these superstitions? Is farming comparable to voodoo? We haven't been farming ... Read More about Superstitions
The Lonely Profession
It's Mother's Day. Obviously, the Hallmark executives who started up this holiday were not farmers. Although today has been a great day spent with family, the farmers around here are working at a frantic pace to get the rest of the beans planted before the five forecasted days of rain. Each of the ... Read More about The Lonely Profession