Tag Archives: WheatFest

Soggy SWIN

Monday, June 29, 2015 It was a rainy past few days, but Saturday was cool and dry and pleasant.  The rains came Thursday (1″), Friday (.8″) and Sunday (.5″) evenings.   And there has been .2″ this morning!  The White River … Continue reading

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Tuesday report

July 8, 2014 The summer daily work continues.  Brandon is delivering 5 truckloads of wheat this week to ADM in Newburgh, Indiana.  John is monitoring the soybeans that remain to be sprayed… and developing a plan to spray an application … Continue reading

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.31 and counting

Saturday, July 14, 2012 We awoke today to the soft and muted sound of a gentle rain.  It has continued today, of-and-on, (mostly on) and so far .31″ has fallen.  It’s the kind of a day we’ve needed and for which … Continue reading

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A French Connection, and other stuff…

Friday the 13th I’ve been watching off-an-on the Tour de France.  Well, the winner of Stage 8 on Sunday was Thibault Pinot.  His distant relative, potato farmer Jean-Baptiste Pinot, was here at the farm visiting back on 31 January!  Being acquainted with … Continue reading

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