You Know You Are a Redneck When…..

You take the goats for their nightly walk,

and they don’t need a leash!

The Heat Has Finally Arrived

Arizona’s heat is here.  Hot and growing hotter and hotter.  Here is where we worry that the red spider mite takes the corn.  (worry, worry, fret, fret). 
Ladybugs are not the enemy of red spider mites.  Red spider mites live in the grasses along the ditch banks and pasture just waiting (sort of like a tick) [...]

This and That and a Little Bit of Everything

One of the reasons we went to Dove Creek was to see a collection of antique tractors.  Although, I took lots of photos I thought everyone would enjoy this one.

Not your typical tractor, that is for sure!
We are ready for the second cutting of hay; the alfalfa is just starting to bloom, so maybe tomorrow [...]

Weather — Whether Here or There

The weather is always such an interesting subject.  I suppose it is because we all live so close to the land that weather is part and parcel of what we do every day.
We are still having rain.  Some days just a down pour or two, some days lots of rain, or just a gentle rain that [...]

Celebrating Corn

Our corn has grown amazingly well this year. 
On June 30th it was Linki size

then on the 4th of July it was Bladen size,

and today it is showing signs of tasseling out.
Tasseling out is one of the most critical stages of corns’ development. What a farmer is aiming for is a large kernel number per ear [...]

Part of Our Vacation was a Tractor Pull

Not one of those really fast tractor pulls, but just your plain farm tractor pull.

Both Evan and Terry drove.  Terry had the 530 JD and Evan drove the 730 JD.

The pull was based on how much weight the tractor could pull, Terry did 170% of his tractors’ weight

and Evan did 174%. 

No I don’t know what [...]