Today was a bit less crazy although we made the big move west--about 20 miles. I was happy that there were no water holes to get through today. I'm sure C was happy about that, too. M's cousin's boy, Jared, came out to stay for awhile so he was a big help. We also grabbed a neighbor to help us move so R and I wouldn't have to make so many trips. Our timing was really good. As R, our cousin and our neighbor were moving the last of the trucks, I took lunch to M and J and arrived just as they were finishing up so I could flag them to their destination.
I was actually home by 4:30, just in time to watch the NASCAR race (which was a heartbreaker for us Dale, Jr. fans). R came with me and finished the little bit of mowing I had left so he could take the mower to his house. The boys will be having a slumber party at R's house since J and Jared will be staying there tonight. J was planning to scope out the wet spots in the daylight so he would feel comfortable working after dark.
There is heavy rain in the forecast for a couple of days so we may get some rest, or I need to come up with some honey-do projects.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Run, Run, Run
Gloves, check; Kindle, check; sunglasses, check; water bottle, check. Important things to not leave home without for a day in the field. The past three days have been very busy. R was gone for a couple of days so that meant that I was busier than normal since we have had to do a lot of moving. M was up at 4 am on Thursday morning. He told a friend that he could go a few days without sleep because we seem to get some rain every few days so he'll get a chance to sleep in on those days. We did get rain that evening but only about a tenth. That still made our road a mess. At this point, I think I could spit on it and make it slippery!
They spent time on Friday morning getting the sprayer and the water truck unstuck. Poor C is on pins and needles all the time just waiting to get stuck. He's the first one in the field so scopes it out for everyone else. On Thursday when he got the sprayer stuck he could look around and see two neighbors with tractors stuck. It's that kind of year.
They called me in the afternoon to bring the service truck over. A rain shower had just moved through at my house so I wasn't too excited about taking off with it in the mud. It was only muddy right here, tho, so I was fine. M was hoping I had brought my book along because he didn't want me to get bored. I was upset that I didn't ever get time to read! I was on the go the whole time.
C and I had three trucks to get through two water holes. We made it through the first one with no problem and filled J's drill with seed and fertilizer. Then we tried to get the trucks through the second water hole which was longer and deeper. We had to pull two of the three trucks through it. The second one was a hard pull and J had to come help us. Then we had to run around taking seed and fertilizer to both J and M. A lot of rain showers missed us yesterday, thank goodness, although we had some sprinkles. M says he feels that every acre we get in is just a bonus. We got home about 11.
This morning I ate my breakfast on the way out the door because we had to move again. R was back so the moving was our job. We had to go through more water holes and take a long way around with the trucks. The service pickup developed a transmission problem so we decided to leave it until someone could diagnose the problem. This evening when J went to check it out it was fine. We're thinking it went through one too many water holes and needed some time to dry out. J went to the camper to take a nap while R was on his tractor. J plans to work as late as he can tonight since there is more rain in the forecast.
M worries that I don't like being out in the field with them. I am uncomfortable doing some things, but I really don't mind it. I feel like everything I can help him do or any step I can make is one less that he has to make and maybe he'll live a day or two longer. Plus, I like to be with my family no matter what we're doing.
It's been a bit chilly and windy. Last evening when I was helping J fill his drill I could see my breath and tonight my feet were getting numb from the cold. I think I hear a hot shower calling my name.
They spent time on Friday morning getting the sprayer and the water truck unstuck. Poor C is on pins and needles all the time just waiting to get stuck. He's the first one in the field so scopes it out for everyone else. On Thursday when he got the sprayer stuck he could look around and see two neighbors with tractors stuck. It's that kind of year.
They called me in the afternoon to bring the service truck over. A rain shower had just moved through at my house so I wasn't too excited about taking off with it in the mud. It was only muddy right here, tho, so I was fine. M was hoping I had brought my book along because he didn't want me to get bored. I was upset that I didn't ever get time to read! I was on the go the whole time.
C and I had three trucks to get through two water holes. We made it through the first one with no problem and filled J's drill with seed and fertilizer. Then we tried to get the trucks through the second water hole which was longer and deeper. We had to pull two of the three trucks through it. The second one was a hard pull and J had to come help us. Then we had to run around taking seed and fertilizer to both J and M. A lot of rain showers missed us yesterday, thank goodness, although we had some sprinkles. M says he feels that every acre we get in is just a bonus. We got home about 11.
This morning I ate my breakfast on the way out the door because we had to move again. R was back so the moving was our job. We had to go through more water holes and take a long way around with the trucks. The service pickup developed a transmission problem so we decided to leave it until someone could diagnose the problem. This evening when J went to check it out it was fine. We're thinking it went through one too many water holes and needed some time to dry out. J went to the camper to take a nap while R was on his tractor. J plans to work as late as he can tonight since there is more rain in the forecast.
M worries that I don't like being out in the field with them. I am uncomfortable doing some things, but I really don't mind it. I feel like everything I can help him do or any step I can make is one less that he has to make and maybe he'll live a day or two longer. Plus, I like to be with my family no matter what we're doing.
It's been a bit chilly and windy. Last evening when I was helping J fill his drill I could see my breath and tonight my feet were getting numb from the cold. I think I hear a hot shower calling my name.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Another one of Those Days
After getting about 3 more inches of rain over the weekend the guys are getting frantic to get the seed in the ground and be done. That's easier said than done. I have been on the run the past couple of days. Yesterday I had to help R move trucks for J, then go get M, run to Scobey to buy a house and get M back to his tractor as soon as I could.
Today M told me I'd better take notes if I was going to blog about my day. He was right, I can't remember where I've been. I do know that I've traveled the 2-mile stretch between our house and our in-laws place at least a dozen times moving trucks with R. I also went farther east to move trucks for J three times. I rescued C twice. Once I was coming along just when he needed a ride back to his water truck and the second time I was bringing him lunch when I saw him walking down the field. Never a good sign--the sprayer was stuck again. I think everyone knew, in the back of their minds, that he shouldn't have even tried to spray that field but were hopeful that they could finish that up before they moved farther west.
I told them they were going to have to leave me alone long enough to make them lunch, which they did. I was on lunch duty because L was running to Glasgow where P is in the hospital. I did manage to steal an hour and mow 3/4 of my yard before I went to help move cows. Three more loads of the neighbor's cows and calves arrived today. Thank goodness we didn't have the wreck we had the last time. This batch had been here before and knew where they were going so the process was much smoother.
R and I and three friends made a move west about 7:00, and I thought I was done for the day. I was just on my way home when M called to let me know I wasn't done yet. C had the sprayer stuck again so I needed to grab the rope and chains and get them to M who was on his way toward C with his tractor.
This morning R and I were loading my mower to bring it home from winter storage. Pete hates mowers (and anything else with a motor). I was just standing there watching when R started the mower and Pete went nuts and ran into the front of my leg. I heard a pop in my ankle and had immediate pain. It didn't hurt for long and wasn't bad for most of the day, but now it is starting to stiffen up. I wonder if wine will make it feel better......
Today M told me I'd better take notes if I was going to blog about my day. He was right, I can't remember where I've been. I do know that I've traveled the 2-mile stretch between our house and our in-laws place at least a dozen times moving trucks with R. I also went farther east to move trucks for J three times. I rescued C twice. Once I was coming along just when he needed a ride back to his water truck and the second time I was bringing him lunch when I saw him walking down the field. Never a good sign--the sprayer was stuck again. I think everyone knew, in the back of their minds, that he shouldn't have even tried to spray that field but were hopeful that they could finish that up before they moved farther west.
I told them they were going to have to leave me alone long enough to make them lunch, which they did. I was on lunch duty because L was running to Glasgow where P is in the hospital. I did manage to steal an hour and mow 3/4 of my yard before I went to help move cows. Three more loads of the neighbor's cows and calves arrived today. Thank goodness we didn't have the wreck we had the last time. This batch had been here before and knew where they were going so the process was much smoother.
R and I and three friends made a move west about 7:00, and I thought I was done for the day. I was just on my way home when M called to let me know I wasn't done yet. C had the sprayer stuck again so I needed to grab the rope and chains and get them to M who was on his way toward C with his tractor.
This morning R and I were loading my mower to bring it home from winter storage. Pete hates mowers (and anything else with a motor). I was just standing there watching when R started the mower and Pete went nuts and ran into the front of my leg. I heard a pop in my ankle and had immediate pain. It didn't hurt for long and wasn't bad for most of the day, but now it is starting to stiffen up. I wonder if wine will make it feel better......
Monday, May 16, 2011
It Never Ends
I blogged a bit too early last night. I had taken a shower to get some grit off and just after I got out my cell phone rang and it was M. It was about 7:00 pm and I answered, "sorry, I'm done for the day." That was met by a moment of silence until I said I was kidding. He told me I didn't have to do anything, just run over to the farm and see how things were going with the cows and calves and to make sure ours weren't in the mix. I got there and saw that Bob and Dinger were still trying to get some calves into the pasture with the cows. I thought they had it handled and walked up to the house to deliver some mail to my mother-in-law. When I came back out I saw three or four calves run out an open gate. Bob was on his horse and Dinger asked me where my 4-wheeler was because Bob might need help. So, I went back and got the 4-wheeler and called M and told him I thought they were making things worse. He decided he'd better shut down his tractor and come survey the situation. Meanwhile Bob was trying to cut the calves out of our cows which made me nervous because our cows go berserk around horses. He did get a couple of them back and he and Dinger pushed them to the pasture where their mommas were. I went up the hill and cut out another one and walked it back down.
M showed up then and we decided to push our cows into a pasture away from the action. The first group went in fine. There was confusion about which gate to use when we pushed the second group. I pushed them toward the wrong gate while waiting for M to round up some strays. That meant they would have to go through one gate, make a 90-degree turn into another gate. M was sure we'd have a wreck, but I showed him how being calm and cool can make it work and we got them in without a problem. By that time it was almost dark and I was freezing. I had left the house without my coat or gloves and had on a sweatshirt and a hoodie, but the wind was blowing at least 30 mph and it went right through me. Bob had gotten one of the neighbor's cows and three calves into our corral to stay there for the night. We were pretty sure a few more calves would straggle back by morning.
It was a hot soup supper for us. Then just before we were going to bed J called to say the drill was broken and wondering if we had parts somewhere. He had to call R at 10:30 to come get him, then they searched for parts and rounded up enough stuff to fix it. So he was up bright and early to fix it and get going, didn't make it 20 feet and the tractor broke down. He had to call the implement dealer to come work on it, but it's not going yet, hopefully tomorrow and hopefully before the rain moves in. I know where it will be going when this season is over.....down the road.
It was an Aleve night for me with 4-wheeler butt and 4-wheeler knees. M was wondering if Aleve would help his ear. I asked what was wrong with his ear, and he said it hurt from being on the phone all day...ouch!
It was kind of a relief to go to work today and not know what was going on here. Sometimes it's just better to be out of touch and ignorant.
M showed up then and we decided to push our cows into a pasture away from the action. The first group went in fine. There was confusion about which gate to use when we pushed the second group. I pushed them toward the wrong gate while waiting for M to round up some strays. That meant they would have to go through one gate, make a 90-degree turn into another gate. M was sure we'd have a wreck, but I showed him how being calm and cool can make it work and we got them in without a problem. By that time it was almost dark and I was freezing. I had left the house without my coat or gloves and had on a sweatshirt and a hoodie, but the wind was blowing at least 30 mph and it went right through me. Bob had gotten one of the neighbor's cows and three calves into our corral to stay there for the night. We were pretty sure a few more calves would straggle back by morning.
It was a hot soup supper for us. Then just before we were going to bed J called to say the drill was broken and wondering if we had parts somewhere. He had to call R at 10:30 to come get him, then they searched for parts and rounded up enough stuff to fix it. So he was up bright and early to fix it and get going, didn't make it 20 feet and the tractor broke down. He had to call the implement dealer to come work on it, but it's not going yet, hopefully tomorrow and hopefully before the rain moves in. I know where it will be going when this season is over.....down the road.
It was an Aleve night for me with 4-wheeler butt and 4-wheeler knees. M was wondering if Aleve would help his ear. I asked what was wrong with his ear, and he said it hurt from being on the phone all day...ouch!
It was kind of a relief to go to work today and not know what was going on here. Sometimes it's just better to be out of touch and ignorant.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
"It's Going to be a Long Damn Day"
It's been another wild day at the ranch! First thing this morning M called and wanted me to come move trucks for him and he said I might have to go get a load of fertilizer. As I was on my way past the farm I noticed that there were a lot more cows out in the fields than there were yesterday. Some had broken out of the calving pasture and some had come out of another pasture that R had moved them to a few days ago. M had checked the fence and left a gate open to move the cows through, but R had put them in the other gate and hadn't checked the one M had left open. Communication is such a hard thing sometimes.
I did have to go to Richland and get fertilizer in a truck I had never driven. It's an old tender truck that the local co-op is trying to sell and is letting us use. No problem except when I got to town there was a line of trucks in front of me and I didn't bring my book along. I did get to visit with my brother and play with one of the employee's dog. While there I got three phone calls--R telling me I might have to take a truck to Opheim to get a load of seed, my mom telling me she's not going to be home if I get over that way and plan to stop in, and my mother-in-law wondering where I'm at and what the plan is for delivering lunches.
I didn't have to wait long to get loaded and headed back to the field. I met M on the way because he had already run out of seed so was going to get some in Richland instead of going to Opheim for it to save time. I went to the field, left the fertilizer truck and walked back about a half mile to get M's service pickup, moved it to the new field and started walking back that half mile again. The neighbor's fencer, Bob, saw me walking and picked me up and gave me a ride to my pickup just as M was coming back with the seed truck. I went and got him and took him back to his tractor.
In the meantime, R was at the farm getting set up for two truckloads of the neighbor's cows to arrive. He had to get the chute in place so the trucks could unload and set up some panels. He was going to take lunch to J and C because he had to take more inoculant to J which was supposed to be delivered to Richland. He was having a quick sandwich when C called to say he was stuck with the sprayer and needed a chain. The inoculant hadn't been delivered so R had to go to Peerless to get it and then go work on getting C unstuck.
The plan was for the trucks to unload the neighbor's cows into a holding pen and leave them there for an hour or so, so that the cows and calves could pair up before moving them into a nearby pasture. Bob was going to handle that on M's instruction. M had told John that he didn't need to drive all the way up here to see his cows unloaded. I had a feeling that it was a bad idea to not have John, M or R there, and I was right again. I delivered lunch to M and then went home for a bit and was going to head back over when the trucks arrived. I waited too long and M called and said there was a mess, would I go over and make sure our cows were away from the action. He also told me to take a gun and shoot Bob because he causes more trouble by not doing what he's asked to do. He needs to concentrate on fencing.
Apparently, Bob and his helper, who is called "Dinger" for a reason, didn't keep the cows in the holding area to pair up and tried to move them immediately and they went everywhere. When I got there, L was trying to herd some calves which is never easy. We did finally get them into the pasture and noticed that one of our cows and one calf were mixed up with the neighbor's cows. We got them out and discovered that they weren't a pair. The cow headed up the hill so I went on the 4-wheeler to push her back out of the yard and she jumped a fence. I got the calf out of the yard where there were two cows hanging around. One didn't have a tag so I didn't know if the calf belonged to it or not.
I was on my way to push another group of our cows out of a coulee. They had gotten in there because we had to leave a gate open for the trucks. As I was heading out I saw those two cows and a calf go into our pasture through a gate that I didn't know was open (and shouldn't have been open). So, I had another circus trying to get them out of there and back where they belonged and Pete was not being helpful. We got that handled and I set off to get the cows out of the coulee so I could close the gate. They were no problem at all, thank goodness.
J and C have been scouting fields and finding wet spots. They are beginning to understand why they haven't been seeing any other drills in the fields around Opheim. M's phone has been burning up with all the action and trying to make alternative seeding plans. I thought last year was a farming year from hell and this one isn't looking to be much better so far. R was right when he said "it's going to be a long damn day."
I did have to go to Richland and get fertilizer in a truck I had never driven. It's an old tender truck that the local co-op is trying to sell and is letting us use. No problem except when I got to town there was a line of trucks in front of me and I didn't bring my book along. I did get to visit with my brother and play with one of the employee's dog. While there I got three phone calls--R telling me I might have to take a truck to Opheim to get a load of seed, my mom telling me she's not going to be home if I get over that way and plan to stop in, and my mother-in-law wondering where I'm at and what the plan is for delivering lunches.
I didn't have to wait long to get loaded and headed back to the field. I met M on the way because he had already run out of seed so was going to get some in Richland instead of going to Opheim for it to save time. I went to the field, left the fertilizer truck and walked back about a half mile to get M's service pickup, moved it to the new field and started walking back that half mile again. The neighbor's fencer, Bob, saw me walking and picked me up and gave me a ride to my pickup just as M was coming back with the seed truck. I went and got him and took him back to his tractor.
In the meantime, R was at the farm getting set up for two truckloads of the neighbor's cows to arrive. He had to get the chute in place so the trucks could unload and set up some panels. He was going to take lunch to J and C because he had to take more inoculant to J which was supposed to be delivered to Richland. He was having a quick sandwich when C called to say he was stuck with the sprayer and needed a chain. The inoculant hadn't been delivered so R had to go to Peerless to get it and then go work on getting C unstuck.
The plan was for the trucks to unload the neighbor's cows into a holding pen and leave them there for an hour or so, so that the cows and calves could pair up before moving them into a nearby pasture. Bob was going to handle that on M's instruction. M had told John that he didn't need to drive all the way up here to see his cows unloaded. I had a feeling that it was a bad idea to not have John, M or R there, and I was right again. I delivered lunch to M and then went home for a bit and was going to head back over when the trucks arrived. I waited too long and M called and said there was a mess, would I go over and make sure our cows were away from the action. He also told me to take a gun and shoot Bob because he causes more trouble by not doing what he's asked to do. He needs to concentrate on fencing.
Apparently, Bob and his helper, who is called "Dinger" for a reason, didn't keep the cows in the holding area to pair up and tried to move them immediately and they went everywhere. When I got there, L was trying to herd some calves which is never easy. We did finally get them into the pasture and noticed that one of our cows and one calf were mixed up with the neighbor's cows. We got them out and discovered that they weren't a pair. The cow headed up the hill so I went on the 4-wheeler to push her back out of the yard and she jumped a fence. I got the calf out of the yard where there were two cows hanging around. One didn't have a tag so I didn't know if the calf belonged to it or not.
I was on my way to push another group of our cows out of a coulee. They had gotten in there because we had to leave a gate open for the trucks. As I was heading out I saw those two cows and a calf go into our pasture through a gate that I didn't know was open (and shouldn't have been open). So, I had another circus trying to get them out of there and back where they belonged and Pete was not being helpful. We got that handled and I set off to get the cows out of the coulee so I could close the gate. They were no problem at all, thank goodness.
J and C have been scouting fields and finding wet spots. They are beginning to understand why they haven't been seeing any other drills in the fields around Opheim. M's phone has been burning up with all the action and trying to make alternative seeding plans. I thought last year was a farming year from hell and this one isn't looking to be much better so far. R was right when he said "it's going to be a long damn day."
Saturday, May 14, 2011
On the Run
I had a typical spring day. R picked me up before 9:00 am and off we went to get J moved from north of Glentana to south of Opheim. The normal shortcut we take is a bit wet and muddy and R was pulling a trailer and I had the service truck so we had to take the long way around on the county roads. The county roads are bad everywhere from the winter snow and spring mud with ruts and soft spots. I noticed several "lakes" that aren't normally there and lots of evidence of water washing through with fences washed out and grass hanging on the wires.
We checked out some trails on the way there and the way back to see if we could get the grain truck across. We went back to J and R took the grain truck and flagged J with the tractor to Opheim while I came home and picked up lunch from L. She was going to take lunch to M. It's so hard when they are split up and right now they are about as far apart as they can be. I took lunch to R and stopped in to see my mom for about 5 minutes while he ate. Then I headed to the field to feed J and then C who was spraying while R went to load the grain truck with more lentils for J. When he got to the field with the truck we headed back to his house, picked up the water truck and took it west to leave for C. From there we went back to Opheim, picked up chemical, R took me home and then went to Richland to get more inoculant to take to J. R was maybe going to run the tractor while J took a nap so he could go late tonight, but I'm not sure if that happened or not.
I was home for good about 4:15 and got really nervous when M called wondering what he was wanting me to do, but he was just checking in. J will be making another move tomorrow morning so I may have another day where I run in circles.
We checked out some trails on the way there and the way back to see if we could get the grain truck across. We went back to J and R took the grain truck and flagged J with the tractor to Opheim while I came home and picked up lunch from L. She was going to take lunch to M. It's so hard when they are split up and right now they are about as far apart as they can be. I took lunch to R and stopped in to see my mom for about 5 minutes while he ate. Then I headed to the field to feed J and then C who was spraying while R went to load the grain truck with more lentils for J. When he got to the field with the truck we headed back to his house, picked up the water truck and took it west to leave for C. From there we went back to Opheim, picked up chemical, R took me home and then went to Richland to get more inoculant to take to J. R was maybe going to run the tractor while J took a nap so he could go late tonight, but I'm not sure if that happened or not.
I was home for good about 4:15 and got really nervous when M called wondering what he was wanting me to do, but he was just checking in. J will be making another move tomorrow morning so I may have another day where I run in circles.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Dog Gone
2011 hasn't been a good year for animals around here. Today we lost R's dog, Tripp. He fell off the back of the bale pickup and was run over. J was with R and got out, told R there was nothing he could do and told him he should leave. So, M and J took him to our house and buried him beside Cruiser. J can be kind of hard on R as a big brother will be, but he's always looking out for him and is always there when he's needed.
Poor Tripp had kind of a rough life and was an accident waiting to happen. We were beginning to think nothing could kill him. From the smashed foot when he was just a puppy to the knot on his head and a broken pelvis last fall. He obviously wasn't the smartest dog, but he was beautiful and loveable. He loved people and wanted to be touching someone all the time. He thought every other dog was as happy to see him as he was to see them even when they weren't happy to see him at all! He was kind of a bull in a china shop, like he didn't realize how big he was. He didn't think he was too big to be a lap dog. Even though he could be kind of a pain because of his exuberance, he loved life, and we will miss his enthusiasm. Damn dogs always seem to break our hearts.
Poor Tripp had kind of a rough life and was an accident waiting to happen. We were beginning to think nothing could kill him. From the smashed foot when he was just a puppy to the knot on his head and a broken pelvis last fall. He obviously wasn't the smartest dog, but he was beautiful and loveable. He loved people and wanted to be touching someone all the time. He thought every other dog was as happy to see him as he was to see them even when they weren't happy to see him at all! He was kind of a bull in a china shop, like he didn't realize how big he was. He didn't think he was too big to be a lap dog. Even though he could be kind of a pain because of his exuberance, he loved life, and we will miss his enthusiasm. Damn dogs always seem to break our hearts.
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| Baby Tripp, December 2009 |
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| Having a swim |
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Spring's Work
I think spring is here. As of today, I officially have NO SNOW in my yard. There is still quite a bit in the tree rows, but that doesn't count.
Also, I have irises blooming in my flower garden. They get snowed on almost every year--you'd think they'd learn to sleep a little longer. I also found crocuses on the hill today.
And, the wind is howling like a banshee, another sign of spring (and winter and summer and fall).
J finally started seeding on Monday evening. When I came home from work I saw the tractor in the field with the hood up--NOT a good sign. Alternator trouble was the diagnosis. Not sure that blue tractor is going to last too long around here--not a favorite. Anyway, they got it going and off he went--happily. He had been chomping at the bit to get going and M had to rein him back a little bit. M got started today, seeding the sandier ground with his no-till drill. C and R are busy keeping the trucks full of seed and fertilizer and the tractors full of fuel and C is pre-spraying in his spare time.
Today was my first day of running around. I delivered lunch to M, went around to Richland and fed C, R and J, took them to trucks that needed to move and picked them and Uncle Bud up after they moved them to take them back to town, then flagged J from Richland to his next field. M misplaced the charger for his phone so I had to find that and take it to him and deliver the remains of lunch back to my mother-in-law. Not too busy. Pretty sure it will get worse before it gets better.
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| The last snowbank. Now it's GONE! |
Also, I have irises blooming in my flower garden. They get snowed on almost every year--you'd think they'd learn to sleep a little longer. I also found crocuses on the hill today.
And, the wind is howling like a banshee, another sign of spring (and winter and summer and fall).
J finally started seeding on Monday evening. When I came home from work I saw the tractor in the field with the hood up--NOT a good sign. Alternator trouble was the diagnosis. Not sure that blue tractor is going to last too long around here--not a favorite. Anyway, they got it going and off he went--happily. He had been chomping at the bit to get going and M had to rein him back a little bit. M got started today, seeding the sandier ground with his no-till drill. C and R are busy keeping the trucks full of seed and fertilizer and the tractors full of fuel and C is pre-spraying in his spare time.
Today was my first day of running around. I delivered lunch to M, went around to Richland and fed C, R and J, took them to trucks that needed to move and picked them and Uncle Bud up after they moved them to take them back to town, then flagged J from Richland to his next field. M misplaced the charger for his phone so I had to find that and take it to him and deliver the remains of lunch back to my mother-in-law. Not too busy. Pretty sure it will get worse before it gets better.
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