Great morning with 3 hours on the Zipper (zero turn mower) finishing up the mowing for perhaps another week and a half. Took a little getting used to it but it sure does the tight spots well! Did loose my hat in the process as I didn’t quite “clear” a low branch and put a small “dent” in the bark of a tree. Could do more mowing in the grove, will see what tomorrow brings. Follow up: finished mowing the grove after errands.
Then we were off to a Wells Ag Open House = free lunch! Lunch was pork burger, beans , chips, water and M&M Cooke. We started a tour but it was like listening to a foreign language. Basically this farmer started an Ag company that sells fertilizer chemical and seeds to farmers. Huge “containers” (don’t know what else to call them) that store chemicals that farmers need. The BBQ grill on wheels built by Cousin Tom used for many years by the Pork Producers that Tom was a part of. One pipe used was from Tom’s liquid manure spreader! Those Aronson’s are so resourceful!
Then on to Auburn (Iowa) to pick up peaches and cantaloupe from a Farmers Market that gets its produce from Amish farmers. Tom will add this to his FM tomorrow. Time to blog for a short time before heading to dinner with cousins Dick and Sandy Aronson! Love making these connections! Such a blessing! (Follow up: wonderful pizza supper at Ruthvan Bully’s Bar & Grill! Best part the conversation of course!) And then a drive around Lost Island lake with a beautiful sunset.
Nice chat with niece Erika wishing her a Happy Birthday! So love my nieces!
Farming Tidbits:
- Saw the first harvesting of the season today! Corn was being chopped (the stock and the cob) for silage to feed cattle…we stopped along the road to watch as they quickly filled 2 trailers. Then the combine needed to wait for a returning trailer to fill. Silage is taken to a silo, bunker or bagged.
- Mowing today I knew I had to be watchful for kittens but didn’t expect to have to watch out for mice and frogs! Tom later told me sometimes he tries to catch up with the mice! Tom! Shame on you! Other times he has run over a den of baby bunnies…I won’t give further details! Just glad that didn’t happen to me!
- Did you know on the local radio station they used to announce when someone had a baby, or someone died? Ok I get that, but they used to also announce when someone was admitted to the hospital! 🤪 AND when they were discharged!!! Now that is hard for this city girl to comprehend! When they were dismissed from the hospital friends and family knew they might be in need of meals people and would drop off some food!
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