What’s coming down the road?
Tractors and chopper wagons are bringing in silage from the fields.
It’s just the beginning of the busy harvest season. Later, corn will be combined.
Soybeans are ripening now. Many farms are busy in soybean fields.
The world is opening up again as corn comes out of fields. It’s when a year’s worth of work starts paying off.
Until next time, that’s all there is from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2022 Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.
Some people believe you get an egg a day from a chicken. Some months, especially in winter, my hens take a vacation from egg production.
Spring has arrived here on Sunnybook Farm! Here’s an account of the first three eggs of the laying season.
I’m hoping that my other two hens start getting on their nests, too. This green egg is from Red. I know because I saw her get out of the nest. Her eggs are green-colored eggs. Red is an Araucana chicken.
Until next time, that’s all there is from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2022 by Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.
Many things can go wrong during harvest time, but then there are days when everything is beautiful and bountiful.
This 1987 column talks about a lovely day when soybeans flowed from the field.
I love remembering days when work was thrilling for both Bob and me.
It was always good being useful.
Until next time, that’s it from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2021 © by Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.
My renters, the Maass family’s combine pulled into Sunnybook Farm on Monday afternoon and started harvesting soybeans.
From the combine, the beans go into a truck to bring them out of the field.
Harvest is always a special time of the year.
Until next time, that’s it from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2021 © by Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.