Bob | March 23, 2009
On the other side of the shed is the non-flower part of our farm. Last fall things got so busy that a small piece of ground didn’t get plowed. Conditions were pretty good Saturday morning so the last of the wheat stubble was plowed under. Seagulls must have amazing hearing. It only took about an [...]
Bob | March 20, 2009
Brock (our farm dog) follows me around when I take pictures. He’s always wanting me to take a picture of him. He ends up in quite a few as a black shadow in the distance. His request was that if he posed for a portrait that I make it sepia, and digitally remove all his [...]
Bob | March 19, 2009
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do. On the one hand if we paint the barn the boards will hold up to the weather for a few more years, but we’ll lose the character of the old barn board. If we don’t paint the barn the boards will eventually decay, but we’ll have something [...]
Bob | March 18, 2009
At this time of year when everything outside is quite brown and grey it’s pretty evident that green is good. These are baby black eyed susans. Our little plants all start out looking the same, but around the second or third week they start to take on their own distinct leaf forms. Now we can [...]
Bob | March 17, 2009
Out in our riverside pasture a lone fence post stands waiting for the return of the fence. We bring in the fencelines every fall because otherwise the river would flood, freeze around the wires, and drag them back into the river. Leaves the fencepost lonely, but his fence will come back in about a month.
Bob | March 16, 2009
Our windmill isn’t just for good looks. As it turns it pumps air into our pond. This is supposed to keep the oxygen levels up in the pond, and create a better source of water for plants and animals. Even though the river is close by we’ve always pumped out of the pond because we have better [...]
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