A friend found this little guy in the field and brought him over to show our boys. 
Thumper
The boys loved touching him
Max was so excited!
Month: April 2012
It’s a Jungle Down There
I’ve been using Aerogrow hydroponic micro-nutrient supplement in my water this year and does it ever work! I have a jungle of tomatoes – they have slowed down a little now that I am able to open a window in the room. Yesterday I had to take a light bulb out just to move the tomatoes – the tomatoes had grown around it. The seedlings receive 16 hours of fluorescent grow lights a day and they have a fan oscillating in front of them which helps keep them sturdy and not leggy. They will be brought outside slowly over 2 weeks so they can adapt to their new environment otherwise they will burn and flop over.
A Castor Bean emerging from the seed
Broccoli Seedlings
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Today We Start in the Field
Today we got going in the field! First the rocks were picked. 
Rock picking
Then the fertilizer was applied and of course dad had a helper with him. Max loves to ride but has a tendency to fall asleep.
Spreading the fertilizer
Loading the fertilizer
This is what a lot of the roads to the fields look like mostly grass and full of holes and you do not drive on them if it has rained recently.
Then it was worked in
and finally the ground was seeded it was so late I didn’t get a picture but 45 acres were seeded today. This field is going to be barley which gets hauled down to Rahr Malting in Taft, ND and is then sold to make beer.
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