A farmer works in acres not hours.
This was Piper’s second trip to the farm. Age 3 years, 4 months. Have been very worried about her there in a warm month and snakes. So, about 30 minutes after arriving she saw two birds flitting about near the driveway gate and began to run towards them. I realized the hose like thing in […]
Continue ReadingInstallation of the 4-rail fence along the road, Piper for her first visit to the farm, arrival of the artic vortex, and selling the combine made this week a memorable, very cold experience.
Continue ReadingThis was an abnormal Thanksgiving as Mary and I spent Thanksgiving day in Houston with Kelley, Rocky and Rocky Sr. Jeff joined us later in the day. A nice day but not the same as this day has been for the past 38+ years: i.e. I have always been in Mobile But, this year we […]
Continue ReadingWorked on cleaning out the pole barn of many years of dropped implement parts and bent bolts and things that Dad did not need at some moment and did not get around to putting away–although he never had a good place to put things away.
Continue ReadingPeggy and Frank had picked up the water pump with houses and belt for the MF210 from Southern Tractor. After we unloaded the car I began working on the little tractor to install the pump. It was very hot as the setting sun was blasting into the shed. But that meant the light was good–just […]
Continue ReadingThe day began with adding antifreeze to the little tractor (a Massey Ferguson 210) as it overheated yesterday. It again overheated this morning but not so bad that I could not get it into the barn. Once there I discovered that the water pump shaft was wobbly and the pump would very soon fail.
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