80 acres and one day left. They are calling for rain to begin overnight and to go until after the weekend. We had a great day yesterday. Adam is getting back in the saddle and they pounded off 160 acres yesterday. We can use a rain as things are very dry. The Schraefel Farm
Scratchings in the Dirt
Month: September 2006
Stephen banged off the 100
With Adam down for the count, Stephen was grinding alone in the ol’ Massey 750. We started this morning after church and he never missed a beat. He ‘s well over half done the 160 acre field. Derek helped all day moving trucks and he found that he can get an FM station out here
Closing in!
320 acres left to go!! The weather is holding and everyything looks good. I lost some operators yesterday. One had the flu and one had a broken nose and black eyes. Adam lost his first football game but he didn’t see any action. Most of the rookies get to watch from the bench. Stephen is
Chandra’ Garden
Before I forget, I wanted to show a picture of Chandra’s garden. I had tried to put it on our site earlier but gave up. Anyway, here it is in the early stages. It is by far our best crop and most important crop. It is 100% organic and we have been enjoying the fruits
Harvest Progress 2006
We are closing in on finishing the barley at around 45 bu/ac but we are now out of room to continue. Hopefully we will get some trucks today to haul some away. Adam is swathing oats (160 ac) and we will start combining flax (240 ac) as soon as we have space and then we