A farmer works in acres not hours.
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 ReadingPeggy reported that the large north field was sprayed by Driscoll Cotton Farms as the first step toward planting cotton.
Continue ReadingThis 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 […]
Continue ReadingArrived at the farm about 4 PM and found the pond partially full and everything very green. The pond was very still and provided a mirrored image of the pecan trees. Tried out the new Swisher line trimmer and it worked great. Found a lot of weeds in the new rose beds from the Home […]
Continue ReadingMary and I drove to the farm on 12/26/2011 to continue cleanups and improvements and enjoy the country life.We were greeted by Peggy’s rooster known as Buffy–as he is a Buffington breed. He came to visit every day and hung around often hopping along in the oak tree. Something else for the dogs to bark […]
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 ReadingThis was the first trip in the “new” 2002 Ford F250, Super Duty, diesel truck. Great ride over with all the room and the bed loaded with plastic containers of dishes, curtains, tools, framed art prints, etc. Everything at the farm is in good shape with the big pile of grape arbor debris and dead […]
Continue ReadingPeggy reported that today Ted–who is renting land for his cows–and two young men were cleaning out the grape arbor area in the barn yard. When he and I fixed the broken pipe that takes water to his cows he said he would come back and push out the brush in between the fence and […]
Continue ReadingI cut down the tall bush at the electrical meter and the Pyracanthas at the bell and at the west wall of the house. Used the little tractor and 3-point hitch flat-bed to haul it all to the burn pile. Looks much cleaner, the electrical drop is not at risk and the Pyracanthas will not […]
Continue ReadingFound the leak in the line to the south side field under the large, almost dead Tallow tree. Peggy called Ted and when he got there I had dug enough to locate the problem but not see it as it is inside the stump area. We decided to locate the line on the north side […]
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