Because we irrigate the rows, they have to flow into a waste ditch.  Terry is using a 115 blade to make the waste ditch in the upper corn field.

Population growth is occurring everywhere.  We are seeing subdivisions popping up in unlikely places, farms disappearing, and developers from out-of-state buying up anything they can get their hands on.  This is a view of former grazing pastures for cattle.  These houses have appeared in the last 7 years.  The view is from our equipment storage area.

Even though the hay is growing and working the ground is in process, the frost lays down every night, but burns off by the time the sun becomes warm.

No-till is used on the bean ground.  No-till means, not having to disc, plow, or roll, still the ground needs to be fluffed up.  Chiseling is the process to provide air so moisture is retained.

Spring makes everyone happy, even the chickens.

Our cat, Monkey, a long-haired Siamese, climbed the wall and tried to hide on the clock when, Balou, our oldest daughter’s Rottweiler, came into the room for the first time.

Tar Baby has her first calf.  A little girl….humm-m  now what to name the baby!

Before anything else can be done, disking takes place.  Here the last corn field on our place is being disked.  Since this is a corn field it will then be plowed and rolled.  

After plowing the dirt has to be smashed to make soft soil.