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The Start of Spring
We have hit the “it’s a good day to go get a tractor stuck” weather! Woo hoo!!! For those of you who don’t farm that means the sun has come out and every farmer is rushing around thinking...
Porch Bale Project; The Kids have Bales for Sale!
Our kids have always wanted to be on the farming side of life. They constantly ask where they can work ground, plant their own fields, work on their own projects, etc. Last year the project that ...
https://nuttygrass.com/2023/09/25/porch-bale-project-the-kids-have-bales-for-sale/
In Between the Last Crop & the Next
Fall is always busy, we are at the beginning of what looks a lot like triage everyday of what needs to be done. We have one more crop to harvest, filberts, and then we will be done with the 2023 ...
https://nuttygrass.com/2023/09/13/the-in-between-the-last-crop-the-next/
The start, the middle, or the end of harvest?
Harvest has been happening for awhile around here. It snuck right up on us after a long winter and the idea of you were following plant stage and growing degree days that we would start harvest l...
https://nuttygrass.com/2023/07/28/the-start-the-middle-or-the-end-of-harvest/
Booker the Farm Dog; Plus one Year, Minus one Leg
Happy 1st birthday to our most favorite farm dog Booker!!!! This guy became a part of our family in the fall of last year. He’s learned a lot, riding in the Ute with dad is his favorite activit...
https://nuttygrass.com/2023/06/19/booker-the-farm-dog-plus-one-year-minus-one-leg/
We can just get it done later – Crimson Clover’s Story of 2023
This is one thing that I have to continually explain to folks. Farmers rarely have the opportunity when it comes to crop care to say, “we can just get it done later.” In a year like this when...
https://nuttygrass.com/2023/06/15/we-can-just-get-it-done-later-crimson-clovers-story-of-2023/
Newest Crop on the Farm
We change up our cropping rotation fairly often on the farm. But thanks to these helpful kiddos (see post Farm Help) we have added yet another; Indian corn. By “added” I mean that the kids as...
Farm Help
As a farm mom I’ve been taking my kids to work with me for a very long time, 9 years to be exact. We have a lot of childcare help but there is also a lot of time that they are with me. Moving t...