A farmer works in acres not hours.
“We have 3 inches in rain gauge for the last 7 days!!!!! It has rained for 2 days–slow easy rain. Nice! I see trees dying everywhere [from Tom spraying Remedy last trip]. Noticed those in midfield in low area dying. Grass is growing.” It has been over four months since the farm had such a […]
Continue ReadingPeggy had cut the front and side yard last weekend and with no rain it did not grow much. Mary cut it again anyway as well as the pecan orchard over to the garden fence. That area next to the fence had grown too much for the riding lawn mower so I cut it first […]
Continue ReadingAs Peggy and Frank drove home they could see the rising billowing smoke was obviously coming from the farm. Yes, the fields were on fire. Thankfully, the farmer who rented the fields to plant peanuts was burning off the brush that began taking over last year. This was a permitted, controlled burn and was good […]
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