Driscoll Cotton Farms planted peanuts
Driscoll Cotton Farms planted peanuts in the large field behind the house. Planted over 70 acres in 3.5 hours. That would have taken Dad and I at least three Saturdays.
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Peggy saw three foxes playing near the front door
One went down a hole at the edge of the house.
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The weekend of March 24, 2013 was wonderful weather with only one rainy afternoon. We accomplished a lot done. [nggallery id=3]
Continue ReadingChristmas 2012
The work began on the day after Christmas and continued through Monday, New Years Eve. We unloaded a UHaul trailer with the chairs and couch bought at Still Good. The first evening arrived with a spectacular sunset. Click to see a larger view. The north field leased by Driskel Cotton Farms was evenly blanketed in […]
Continue ReadingSeptember, 2012
[slideshow id=1] Saturday, 9/1/12 Tommy and Mandy Browning had painted the: living room walls; entry walls; kitchen/breakfast room ceiling. The work looked great and really wet our appetite to paint the rest. The next six days will be spent by Mary painting with Tom helping by painting the ceilings in the den, living room, dining […]
Continue ReadingJuly 2012
This was not to be a total work trip but that is the way it turned out. As I can make this post that is proof that we did not work all day all days. But, we did enough to make it eligible to be a “work trip” even though it rain a every day–so […]
Continue ReadingMay, 2010-Memorial Day Weekend
On this Memorial Day weekend we got a lot done. The big thing for me was getting the pole on the barn and the roof joist re-attached before hurricane season. Yeah, it made it through some bad hurricanes so far but no need to continue to take that chance. Ted had pushed up all the […]
Continue ReadingNorth leased field being readied for cotton
Peggy reported that the large north field was sprayed by Driscoll Cotton Farms as the first step toward planting cotton.
Continue ReadingMarch 2012 Clearing around Bin
This will be remembered as the weekend when:– we first tried out the Swisher line trimmer;– climbed on top of the grain bin to reinstalled the cap after jacking up the auger, and;– most memorable: the day Ted cleared the trash trees from the east and north side of the barn. Arrived at the farm […]
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