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Posted on July 12, 2013July 10, 2017

Why Do We Spray?

There was a time, not too long ago, that June and July were relatively quiet months on the farm. Once in-crop weed spraying was finished, work in the fields was…

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Posted on June 25, 2013January 28, 2015

Too Many Storms, Not Enough Time

It has been a summer of storms… and summer has barely started. I write this as yet another storms deluges us with rain, a raging downpour that changes our already…

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Posted on June 16, 2013December 21, 2020

The Farm Life is a Wonderful Life

If you have read my previous post (The Marathon Concludes… For Now), you know that seeding has been completed and we are well into in-crop spraying. This is a fascinating…

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Posted on June 13, 2013January 28, 2015

The Marathon Concludes… For Now

It was a long road. Sometimes exhilarating, often frustrating, and consistently exhausting, the 2013 planting season has finally drawn to a close. It is Thursday, June 13, and we “officially”…

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Posted on May 31, 2013January 28, 2015

Could’ve Been Worse

The rain event we needed came on Monday. The rain event we needed to avoid came on Thursday. Yes, the rain that was forecast reared its ugly head early Thursday…

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Posted on May 28, 2013January 28, 2015

The Swinging of the Pendulum

The rain I have been waiting for has arrived. Yesterday morning I awoke at my usual time, 5:15 am, to get ready to go spraying. As was usual of late,…

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Posted on May 26, 2013January 28, 2015

The Rain Conundrum

We have now reached the 2/3rds mark on our seeding progress. I feel that this is acceptable, given that we only started seeding two weeks ago, but I can’t help…

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Posted on May 22, 2013January 28, 2015

Seeding Progresses…

It is 10:45 at night and I have just had supper, so I will make this short. Seeding is progressing fairly well, with the half-way point at hand. Tomorrow we…

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