Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A day at the farm

He's flying high. Garrett swings high and then jumps out.

Like father, like son. We stopped to check the wheat at the Walz ground to monitor maturity. It is surprisingly close to being ready to cut. I am guessing another week and combines will be rolling around here. Enjoy the next few photos of Joey teaching Garrett how to check the wheat.





Joey, Garrett and I took a portable cattle chute to a pasture and set it up. The chute will be used to AI cows next weekend. Joey made a few repairs with the welder that was in the back of his pickup.

Again, like father, like son. Garrett in the welding hat.

Garrett sat on the corral fence and watched every move his dad made.


Garrett and Joey hooked up the hydraulic lines to a portable pump that ran off the pickup battery.


Hallie ate dinner on the PORCH. We spend lots of time on the porch.

Isn't Hallie adorable?

Garrett in his helmet

In addition to getting ready to harvest wheat, it is also time to plant milo. Matt worked on the planter so they could get in the field as soon as the weather improves. Everything seems to happen at once on a farm - cattle to move to pasture, milo to plant, heifers and cows to AI, wheat to cut, thistles to spray, cattle to feed, trips to the ethanol plant to get wet distillers, fence to fix, and children to love!

Matt and the planter

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

MK, don't you know you aren't supposed to look at a welder when its welding. I am not sure I should be looking at the photo.