Hello world, its been too long since I wrote. Yea a couple of years. Well a lot has happened since the last post. I am not going to go month by month, just yearly. 2016 was a good year. Had a good yield in our crops, we added rye and oats, alfalfa to our list of crops. The one thing that is hard is when farmers who purchase from us don't pay up front, they pay monthly. At least we get paid, but need it to help with bills and loans up front. But God has taken care of us with how we deal with these people.

   2017 is not done yet but we have added wheat to our list of crops now for fall cover crop. Not sure we will be selling it we're thinking on using it as green manure. Corn, soybeans and hay this year. The corn is good but soybeans are not so good. We had wonderful hay year. Some of our fields that we plant these in are wet and will be harvested late. As of this year we have been in Organic farming for 5 years. 

  All thing work together to those who love God. He knows our struggles and we lean on Him for any outcome of our daily life and thank Him for each day He gives us..

I have had surgery , hubby had A-Fib that landed him in hospital and now is good. I am healing and doing well. Remember stress takes a toll on your body, so give you cares to God..

  So now we wait for good days for harvesting. It is a beautiful time of the year. Till next time Happy Harvest and Thankgiving

Hello
 Its been a long time since I wrote on this blog. I have been dealing with Lyme disease as well as my husband. It takes all our energy, have aches and pains, etc.
    As for the farming end of it we have done well except this year we started late because of too much rain and now these past few months its been the drought. 
  Only God knows what we will end up with and will take whatever He gives us. I haven't taken many pictures so will not post any for this year. Our crops are corn, soybeans, oats, alfalfa. We had to replant alfalfa. The drought killed whatever we planted earlier.
  Not much to report will try to remember to post when our crops are harvested..
  
  Last year was a better year and I should of posted pictures as well a blog about our crops.

Hello March 2015
   After a long time of not writing, I have a lot to say but won't. Anyway we are in another year of crop farming. We had a good year in 2014, our crop was harvested and is still waiting for prices to go up. We have more land we are thinking about renting, we'll see how that goes later. Spring is almost here and getting into the soil won't be until May.
  My pictures disappeared last yr not sure how. I won't repost because I took them off my computer. I will try to post pics this year if available..

Its been a month and in that time hubby has been cultivating the fields until they were too tall to do so. We also mowed around the fields. After having a drought the crops look great. Praying that they will be enough production for the fall harvest, which will be in October and November.. Pictures I have not been able to be replaced. So I will just write a blog..

Sorry about no pictures it seems that I accidentally erased all the pics from my files. so now I have to load them on here again. It may not be till later this year . I am too busy right now..

Today was slow going, hubby had tried to get in the field to prepare it for planting oats, but some things got in the way. Two of our helpers came over to help with what they could, and the seeder broke down. I took over supper and then they went home after they dropped me off at home. Hubby stayed to see if he can fix the problem.

FIRST OF MY PICS DISAPPEARED. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
  Well its August now and our crops are doing ok, the weather has not been good for the corn. As for the soybeans the groundhogs are feasting on them 247. Hubby has been cultivating almost everyday. me I have started into the canning season and harvesting my garden produce.
   We have our homemade planter done and put on the duels on tractor for disking. The corn is on tassel and some drying up. Whatever we get will be what God wants us to have...

Well the month is almost over and we are still busy with the crops. Cultivating  and fixing equipment, etc. It has been dry the past few weeks and the corn is hurting for rain, it is curling now. The soybeans are still small enough its not hurting them. We are still trying to do some grain crops now but its too dry for the plow to go into the soil. So we need rain..

   I am keeping busy with running hubby around and everyday housework. Now canning season is just starting, so more busyness ahead..Will post pics later..

It Now July

Have been real busy with the land. Hubby has had a hard time with he weather and getting his soybeans in. As of right now we still don't. We tried yesterday but a severe storm blew in and stopped him in the field..
 He has help to cultivate for us and today he is trying to do some too. The sun is out for now but another storm is near. 

Hi,
  Been a while since I have written. We have been real busy trying to get our crops in and fix our equipment. Have more corn in on Fetters now and more to plant. We are still not have our soybeans in yet.. The land has been too wet and we have been having problems getting help.

    Fixing our equipment has been a challenge. Getting people to help when needed is tough. I have pictures of the process of our equipment makeovers. Also our corn that was previously planted is up and now needs cultivating..

   We have had help from Justin Hopple,  Steve Mincemoyer, Adreana Mincemoyer, David(son of Steves wife), Delbert Mincemoyer.

Hubby has been out plowing and discing when he can with all the waiting of ground to be dry enough to do so..

Our busy time of the year, I feel like a widow, although hubby has me running errands and picking him up every so often. It has been hard on me when I need to get things done in home. It just doesn't get done..

  Farming by yourself and not much help takes a long time to get things done. Eventually it does. :)

 Until another post, see ya later..

Yesterday there was 10.7 acres of corn planted in Moran's fields and today hubby is doing more planting. He is also doing more plowing. discing is being done by Amos Hostettler.

  Soon I hope we will get the Fetter field started and will be planting soybeans on it..

    Yesterday June 1st 2014 we painted our cultivating Oliver 1655 tractor. With the help of a few friends, Shari Rosier, Justin Hopple and us..It looks good but needs  more painting and put back together..

 
     Today June 2nd, 2014 hubby is doing more plowing and we hired hands to disc and plant corn on Moran's fields .. we used the same seed from last year Blue River 104 Day 53R57 variety. 

Didn't get pictures of planting.. But excited the weather held out and the ground dry enough to plant..

Our new fields, Moran's is getting more turkey manure added today..Fetter's fields are too wet yet, when they put lime on it hubby had to go and get the driver unstuck..with our skidder..

Wow it's been awhile since I wrote. Not much to say except we are still making our planter and fixing our cultivating tractor. The rains won't stay away long enough for us to get our fields prepared. We did have lime added today to all our fields. Hubby has gotten some of the fields plowed and brush and trees chopped off of Moran's fields. As for Fetters we have not started them yet.

  Have not been able to take many pictures yet, will post what I can soon..

   Frustration and stress are the norm for some farmers and hubby is not exempt from that. I have started to become a farmers widow and also the go-for all things needed...

   Thanks for all the watchers, please follow my blog...

Our extra acres we acquired this year is 45. We still have the 60.9 acres from last year. We will be doing mostly corn, but will still do soybeans too. Acres in each crop will be determined later..
  Hubby is still making his own corn planter with parts of Oliver and Yetter planters. So far its going well , he is doing the making of it when he can. Today he will do some discing on the new fields..

April 29th
  We are having a lot of rain, so our discing and plowing are going to have to wait. Hubby is still working on his equipment for this year, so he has something to do while its bad weather.
   As for me I am helping him plus getting some things done inside, I mulched some flower beds and  I'm still waiting for the garden to get tilled so I can plant. I did have one area tilled so I could plant peas and spinach which have just popped up.. Our lawnmower is broke down so that can't be done right now either.
  A Spring time rain, some flowers are out and with this rain more will be coming. I love Spring..

Hi
 It is now time to get ready for Spring planting, except we are still getting equipment ready and waiting for the ground to dry out some. We will be having turkey manure spread on our fields first. Oh yeah we have another piece of land we are renting for crops. Which will be in corn this year. I will try to take pics the best I can. 
  We purchased another piece of equipment: 1972 Oliver 1655 tractor, a used planter Deutz Allis 6 row, for hubby to transfer to a planter of his making.. will post pics once I get some..
   Until another time, have a wonderful Spring.,...

~Merry Christmas and Happy New Year~

Will be taking a break from farming till spring. We will be collecting monies from the crops we harvested this year. So until then God Bless you..

A short note that all crops are off and corn is being dried. Soybeans have been sold and were waiting for a check.
 On other business I have been waiting for a while to get our business checking acct going and its taking a long time. Hubby is helping the person who was so kind in drying our corn today. Just got confirmation back on our farm name to be good to use in our state.

Well for now we are getting our crops off a little at a time. Friday the 15th we started to harvest corn. Saturday night we had more corn and soybeans harvested. we are having Enos Beiler chop it and Todd Bixler is to have it at his farm to dry our corn. then we are to have soybeans taken to Boyds Station to a mill. The corn will be taken elsewhere, will write where later..

   Hubby is happy but we found out that the price for corn won't be as much as we expected. He is still willing to take it to the mill that offered to take our corn, they are an Organic only mill.

  As of right now we are still waiting on an owner we had to let us on his land to rent for spring planting but he has not gotten back to us. We still will rent the land we have now.