Sunflower Harvest Time

Sunflower Harvest Time

Sometimes you might use a big combine to harvest sunflowers…. other times a few kids. We grew a couple hundred sunflower plants that will feed the chickens for a while this winter. They have matured and are ready to harvest. Here are the kids bringing these...
#DadLife on the #Farmlife

#DadLife on the #Farmlife

Who’s been playing on the tractor?  No telling, but the evidence is clear.  They left behind a pile of legos that, undoubtedly, had been the start of an imaginative creation.  I’ll admit, they are better here than painfully lancing my foot in the middle of...
A Good Rain

A Good Rain

You could not ask for better timing on this rain.  We have everything in the ground and this will give our seeds a great start.  It looks like all the big boys farming around us are finished planting right now too.
Getting The Drip Installed

Getting The Drip Installed

A drip system is a great idea for using as little water as possible and automating the irrigation for our plants, but, man, is it a lot of work.  We have been working on this system for months, but it is almost done.