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Sorry George. Those pups sure have a sneaky way of getting into our hearts. Our lab, Louie, is still doing fine, but I’m beginning to see the toll it takes on him, being a big dog. I’m not looking forward to the day we have to say goodbye.

We have a home meet scheduled today as well, but Coach was already working on moving it to next Monday. Hopefully you get some more relief from the drought the next couple of days. Are ponds still low over your way?

Yep, it’s coming down again. Very grateful! We could actually use a break for a while, but the last few years have taught us a grim lesson about that. It’s the first time in 4 years we’ve seen stuff like this in the plots. The unfortunate thing is morning glory has somehow creeped into the...

John Denver comes to mind for me when it comes to a name. “Almost Heaven”

All those pics are ripe with potential! When we went to the black hills for vacation a few years back and drove over into Wyoming to see Devil’s Tower, I told my wife I could live out there. That’s saying something, because I LOVE the Midwest. It’s just beautiful big country out there, congrats...

Nice find!!

Also, it’s beginning to look like we’re not going to hit our window for alfalfa planting. There is still a small chance, but it’s not looking likely; and trust me, I’m NOT complaining, the rain has been wonderful! We really wanted to make a profit this year for tax purposes, and there is now a...

All of the chestnut bare roots have awakened now, along with 2 of the persimmons. So far the experiment is going well. I’m dipping the pots once a week and keeping them out of the downpours we’ve been getting some of lately. The most awake persimmon.

No love for them getting in the a/c compressor. Lol

We just ordered a couple male cottonwoods for our future yard on the Massey. I LOVE hearing the breeze blow through cottonwood trees, especially in the fall.

Our kieffers are loaded too, I’m hoping the moon glows produce for the first time this year. They bloom a lot later, so I haven’t checked them for fruit yet.

We must have gotten lucky so far, our varieties haven’t shown any issues yet either.

Cedars sink an incredibly deep tap root and seemingly can outcompete everything, without fire to keep them in check. I think over here in eastern Kansas, the only tougher trees are the callery pears. I like some cedars around, mixed in with warm season grasses, but you have to keep cutting some...

One of the first big parts orders came in. This is hardware for the swather/conditioner, and plumbing parts for the 3 point boom sprayer. I’ll post up a couple pics of them when we go to work on em. I hope this alfalfa project is successful, talk a little a lot of upfront investment, relatively...

Got the 10 acres harrowed this evening. We’ll see if it passes the father-in-law test tomorrow. I left the harrow at the edge of the field, just in case. Lol