Farming

Before Joe and I got married, we talked about where we wanted to live.  We decided that we both wanted land and to be in a more country setting.  We found our little farm (40 acres) about an hour from where we were.  We packed our bags and moved to Brown County, OH!  When we first moved we both were still working at our jobs, an hour away. It was fun talking to my "city" friends about what was going on here.  You have to be careful when you are driving.  You never know what corner you will come around and come into the sights of a planter, combine or a grasshopper!  I am talking about a field sprayer, not the insect.   

        When we moved into our home the land that we purchased was cash rented and farmed.  Joe and I decided that we would continue to do that as long as the farmer was interested.  My kids get so excited when the farmer comes.  Obviously he comes 2 times a year.  In the spring we watch them plant.  In the fall we watch them harvest.  Our field has had mostly soybeans planted in the last decade, however we have had corn a few times.  This particular year was a corn year.  We enjoyed the corn especially since we didn't have any critters in our personal garden.  How nice it is to have someone plant corn for us, so that we can have fresh corn on the cob for supper!  That is not the case, unfortunately the corn that is planed it field corn. It looks like the corn on the stock that we grew as a kid, however this corn is the corn that is fed to livestock.  I personally haven't tasted it but I have been told it doesn't taste good to us.

      Our farmer farms several hundred acres in a couple of counties.  This time of year we see many farmers all around trying to get their crops out.  We have several different ones on our street. It can get a little tricky on the road when you come up against them, since our road is barely a 2 lane road.  The equipment gets to rule the road in my book.  I am not going to try to get past them!                 

   This past Sunday is when the farmer made it around to our farm.  We heard him in the field and the kids we so excited.  Our older children wanted to go sit in the front yard and watch him and take a picture.  Unfortunately the weather had turned on us and it was too cold.  They watched from the window.

  There is something to be said about these massive pieces of equipment.   When combines were first used in 1834 I am certain that it was not expected to be as sophisticated as they are today.  The equipment that they bring to our farm still amazes my kids and my oldest has been watching them for about 10 years!

Here are pictures of the combine in the field collecting then emptying the corn into the truck to be hauled off.  Hopefully in a few years I will be able to report that I am farming my own land for our animals, as for now we just get to watch.

Blessings, 
 from the Clubbhouse