Baling hay used to consume most every dry summer day. Now it's occasional and most of it is done with a big round baler. However once in a while we get out the old wire tie and bale small square bales. Rachel is 7 and is helping stack bales on the hay rack for her dad BJ.
Gideon is 9 and is running the baler. He straddles the winrow and just follows the raked hay around the field. I remember when his dad used to bale as a little guy and we didn't have tractor cabs I used to tie him to the tractor seat with my belt.
Wow Adali, you're starting young. Not really. She is helping grandpa drive and is waiting while grandpa is on the rack helping Rachel catch up stacking.
This is the real stacking crew. Brad is driving, BJ is stacking, and little John is riding on top supervising and telling his dad stories. Rachel, Adali, and I were just fill ins while the guys went to chase in BJ's wondering bull.
This pilot isn't really family or friends but I thought it was a cool picture. We were cleaning out corn bins for my father-in-law while this fellow was spraying fungicide on corn fields.
This is Cindy and Jan shucking sweet corn. Ron and I are in the patch picking. Ron and Cindy are landlords and friends of ours. It seems no matter when or how often you plant sweet corn it is always ready around fair time. This year we started eating corn last Friday and this Friday it was already just about too mature because of the hot, dry July. That's not a good sign for field corn as fast maturity doesn't give the kernals time to fully fill. Our field corn is just starting to dent which means we will be harvesting in 6 weeks.
I asked Rosie to display one of Jan's quilts that she helped Jan hand sew around the outside. When Jan helped Rosie move to assisted living Rosie still had all her dresses as a little girl that she was going to get rid of. So Jan took the little dresses and made a quilt for her out of them. We have farmed Rosie and Daryl's farm near Rose Hill for 34 years and have since bought it. Rosie has lost her husband and both of her children so we substitute as family for her.
Jan hosted the Ferguson Reunion yesterday. We had lots of good food and lots of talk about the good old days. Jan's maiden name was Ferguson and was raised in the Cedar, Wright area.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of "Family and Friends" as I share with you the wonderful time we are having with Rick and Karen Santorum and their family while they are staying in the cabin while Rick is campaigning for President here in Iowa.
Gideon is 9 and is running the baler. He straddles the winrow and just follows the raked hay around the field. I remember when his dad used to bale as a little guy and we didn't have tractor cabs I used to tie him to the tractor seat with my belt.
Wow Adali, you're starting young. Not really. She is helping grandpa drive and is waiting while grandpa is on the rack helping Rachel catch up stacking.
This is the real stacking crew. Brad is driving, BJ is stacking, and little John is riding on top supervising and telling his dad stories. Rachel, Adali, and I were just fill ins while the guys went to chase in BJ's wondering bull.
This pilot isn't really family or friends but I thought it was a cool picture. We were cleaning out corn bins for my father-in-law while this fellow was spraying fungicide on corn fields.
This is Cindy and Jan shucking sweet corn. Ron and I are in the patch picking. Ron and Cindy are landlords and friends of ours. It seems no matter when or how often you plant sweet corn it is always ready around fair time. This year we started eating corn last Friday and this Friday it was already just about too mature because of the hot, dry July. That's not a good sign for field corn as fast maturity doesn't give the kernals time to fully fill. Our field corn is just starting to dent which means we will be harvesting in 6 weeks.
I asked Rosie to display one of Jan's quilts that she helped Jan hand sew around the outside. When Jan helped Rosie move to assisted living Rosie still had all her dresses as a little girl that she was going to get rid of. So Jan took the little dresses and made a quilt for her out of them. We have farmed Rosie and Daryl's farm near Rose Hill for 34 years and have since bought it. Rosie has lost her husband and both of her children so we substitute as family for her.
Jan hosted the Ferguson Reunion yesterday. We had lots of good food and lots of talk about the good old days. Jan's maiden name was Ferguson and was raised in the Cedar, Wright area.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of "Family and Friends" as I share with you the wonderful time we are having with Rick and Karen Santorum and their family while they are staying in the cabin while Rick is campaigning for President here in Iowa.
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