The Official Farming Thread...

[Mastermind]

Very intelligent.

 

[Cat 525]

Finally getting first cutting alfalfa cut around here. Wheat is turning fast!

 

[amberg]

Camera caught the drill planting beans.

 

[farminkarman]

Oats are starting to head out, so it’s time to cut em for hay.

 

[Cat 525]

I guess big square bales of this ropy stemmy first cutting alfalfa is bringing $150 a ton in the field. Geez

 

[Only the Tony]

Started last night. Inside at 9:50 for a break. I found a red balloon.

 

[Only the Tony]

Back on tractor at 1:45 and done by 5:30. Now to go to work and sleep.

 

[Steve]

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Back on tractor at 1:45 and done by 5:30. Now to go to work and sleep.

Let me know the secrect to sleeping during your job. I've heard of sleep walking but not sleep delivering!

 

[Only the Tony]

Let me know the secrect to sleeping during your job. I've heard of sleep walking but not sleep delivering!

Put the board in the cradle and let it make all the decisions for me today. UPS magic all the packages deliver themselves according to the computer. Wish I could, but my immediate boss even tells me not to do that. LOL

 

[SpaceBus]

We are just a baby farm right now. Last year we got two dozen chickens and three alpacas with a decent vegetable garden. This year I've hatched 18 eggs and hope to hatch another 16 when they get here. Our garden is much larger this year and we also expect two more alpacas to come to the farm. Working on clearing another two acres of future pasture and get some more lumber milled for infrastructure improvements. Last year we harvest 10 roosters and so far we have at least 10 more, probably even more. We froze 8 of the roosters whole last year but this year I want to break them down more and maybe even make some sausage.

 

[N8TE]

I guess big square bales of this ropy stemmy first cutting alfalfa is bringing $150 a ton in the field. Geez

Ya... A load of 3x3, 1st cutting brought 230/ton the other day

 

[Mastermind]

Weather guessers are telling me to start cutting Saturday. We'll see. I've got about 40 acres to do. Probably gonna just do about 20 of the pure grass hay first. We still are in the upper 50s at night here. The fields with heavy clover ain't gonna dry like that I'm afraid.

 

[SpaceBus]

This spring I cleared all of the tall woody plants out of our wild blueberry patch, which is maybe 1/3 acre, all sloped. The flowers started showing up a week ago. This year should be more than the last two summers combined.

 

[Mastermind]

This spring I cleared all of the tall woody plants out of our wild blueberry patch, which is maybe 1/3 acre, all sloped. The flowers started showing up a week ago. This year should be more than the last two summers combined.

Love me some blueberries.

 

[SpaceBus]

Love me some blueberries.

I never cared for them until I tried the wild low bush berries. I'll eat them right out of the field when I'm working outside. It's water and a snack at the same time.

 

[Mastermind]

I never cared for them until I tried the wild low bush berries. I'll eat them right out of the field when I'm working outside. It's water and a snack at the same time.

I like mulberries the best really. With raspberries second. I've yet to meet a berry I don't like.

 

[SpaceBus]

I like mulberries the best really. With raspberries second. I've yet to meet a berry I don't like.

We have some blackberries and raspberries growing in our "yard" as well, but not in the quantity of the blueberry patch. Never had a mulberry and didn't even know what they looked like until last week. We have some wild cherry trees, but none that produce sweet fruit. Where do mulberry trees normally grow? We have a few areas that I cleared of sick/dying fir trees and we want to plant some smaller fruit/berry trees. There are a few wild apple trees, but they are all sour and best for cider or juice. Made some vinegar from the apples last year.

 

[Mastermind]

We have some blackberries and raspberries growing in our "yard" as well, but not in the quantity of the blueberry patch. Never had a mulberry and didn't even know what they looked like until last week. We have some wild cherry trees, but none that produce sweet fruit. Where do mulberry trees normally grow? We have a few areas that I cleared of sick/dying fir trees and we want to plant some smaller fruit/berry trees. There are a few wild apple trees, but they are all sour and best for cider or juice. Made some vinegar from the apples last year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_rubra

 

[JimBear]

Where do mulberry trees normally grow?

Anywhere a bird craps after eating them. Fence rows, cracks in the sidewalks, flowerbeds... The list is endless, your vehicles & sidewalks will be purple from birds crapping on them. Mulberry trees are fast growers & also make great firewood. They are in the same family of tree as Osage.

 

[SpaceBus]

Anywhere a bird craps after eating them. Fence rows, cracks in the sidewalks, flowerbeds... The list is endless, your vehicles & sidewalks will be purple from birds crapping on them. Mulberry trees are fast growers & also make great firewood. They are in the same family of tree as Osage.

Sounds like a good problem to have! There's a porcupine or some other climbing animal that likes to get to the apples before we do.