Posts Tagged ‘farming’
Young Farmers Conference 2012
Matt & I went to the 2012 Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer’s Conference in Indianapolis last weekend. It was a lot of fun! This year was another record breaking year for the conference with 631 registered attendees and 100+ kids. The conference started on Friday night with fun and games. There was a cornhole (bean…
Read MoreTools of the Trade
This week we’re going to be covering the 3rd chapter of Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman – Tools of the Trade. This is the chapter that talks about: Tractors Tractor Implements How to plow a field Inside a Combine Other Machines Felling, bucking, splitting and stacking In the tool shed I found this particular chapter…
Read MoreRaised in a Barn
This week we’re reviewing the second chapter of Julia Rothman’s book Farm Anatomy. Raised in a Barn covers: Barn styles Timber construction Trusses Barn doors, bracing, and hardware Barn cupolas Barn birds Farm buildings Animal housing Feeders Fencing This particular section of the book is full of beautiful illustrations of farm buildings, along with all…
Read MoreBreaking Ground
Today I am bringing you the first Chapter of Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman. As I mentioned last week the entire book is full of beautiful and useful illustrations (or infographics) to help explain the basics – and not so basics – of farming. The first chapter in Julia’s book is titled “Breaking Ground.” This…
Read MoreAnatomy of the Farm
Over the next few weeks, I hope to spend so time with you, discussing a great book I found during a recent trip to the bookstore — Farm Anatomy: The curious parts and pieces of country life, by Julia Rothman. From row crops to gardening and animals, this is a beautiful visual guide to all…
Read MoreFarming Old School
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Read MoreThe Stacker Saga
For those of you who have been following my descriptions on facebook about the Stacker, here is a more detailed story. This tale goes back many years when some evil ag engineer at Hesston KS decided that baling hay was too complicated with all those strings, wires, needles, knotters etc. He thought loose stacked hay…
Read MoreTillage in the Patoka Bottoms
I love to chisel plow, it is without a doubt my favorite thing to do on this earth. I’ve started helping Ron whenever I can now, after school, and on weekends. All I’ve done so far was pull his disk, which I like but not as much as the chisel plow. I finished disking on…
Read MoreLong Weekend
I feel like my weekends are way too long and way too short all at the same time anymore. I’m always running around doing things, which takes forever. It makes my weekends go by so fast, that I feel like I didn’t get a weekend at all. But, I guess that will just have to be ok, because I…
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