Mormon Creasing — Step 11

A Mormon creaser is a type of marker.  It not only marks out the furrow, it also flattens the rows (slightly packs the top of the rows) making a better environment for the little seeds.
 
This is an older photo; I wasn’t able to get one today, of DH backing the tractor out with the Mormon [...]

Wordless Wednesday

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(Tuesday was turn the bulls into steers day)

Step Nine-Planting

Finally we have moved to step nine-planting.  We are ONLY planting corn, right now.  We will plant alfalfa and wheat in two weeks and pinto beans in three-four weeks.

Terry wet plants, which means he waters the ground first, lets it dry some, then when the moisture is just right (it can’t be muddy) he plants.  [...]

Hooray! They are Home!

What a long trip for Terry and a coming home for Evan.  They rolled in about dark Tuesday night, making it one day sooner than originally planned.  They had at first thought about going through Texas, into New Mexico, but instead cut through the panhandle of Oklahoma right into to Colorado.
Boy was I ever glad [...]

On a Fast Plane and Step 7 (By Myself)

DH left at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday. 
After a day of visiting, and making sure everything is packed (rider truck, pulling a large camp trailer- Dodge Truck pulling a trailer) they left early Sunday morning.  
At the time of this posting they are now drawing close to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
IN THE MEAN TIME

 
 

The last photos I [...]

Saturday

Saturday my husband leaves for Macon, Georgia, to help our son move back home.  This is a good thing for us, but it will entail lots of hours of driving.  While he is gone I will be responsible for changing the water, feeding the animals, and keeping wood in the fire. (Maybe it will warm [...]

Irrigation—Continued (Step 7)

Trash!  Trash is a BIG deal, and this year seems worse than other years.  Mainly because of the wind!  I like the wind; I like the fact that the wind is one of our helpers in that it brings the leaves to the tops of trees.  But I don’t like the wind for all the [...]

Irrigation Step 7, Continued

Some of our irrigation is set up with either a dirt ditch or cement ditch, which uses siphon tubes or the easy way….gated pipe!!  (My personal favorite)
 
It is easier to use, costs more to set up, harder to fix if the pipes become broken.  The easier to use part is why I like it.
 

Here is [...]

What Ya Got?!?!?! Can I Have Some Too?

Anytime I walk outside and I look like I’m carrying something the chickens run over to me as fast as they can.

They didn’t think the camera looked like anything good to eat, still I enjoyed the expressions on their chicken faces.

Step 7- Starting the Irrigation Water

Before we could begin a big wind storm from Utah hit our area bringing with it 45-60 mile an hour wind.   
Step 7 has many, many parts to it:
1.     Call the ditch rider so the water can be turned into your head gate.  This is the amount of water you are allotted per season.  You can NEVER [...]