Home Stretch

Home Stretch

When we start slinging pumpkins every day and the mornings are cool you sense we are on the home stretch for getting things out of the field.  We haven’t had to worry about a frost yet but it is sure to come.  This past week we started harvesting fall squash for...
Harvest Abundi

Harvest Abundi

Politicians make up words all the time so I thought I might as well throw one in there as well.  August has come and gone and I feel we didn’t even work up a sweat this year.  Cool and wet has me thinking this is going to be an early fall?  The old timers claim the...
Things Are Hopping

Things Are Hopping

Timely rains and cooler temps have kept the irrigators at a standstill.  We have yet to have to water too many things which is nice from the standpoint that Mother Nature is treating us well.  Everything in the field looks gorgeous and harvest has begun on certain...
Cool and the Gang

Cool and the Gang

No, not the band from back in the 70’s or 80’s.  But the ground temperatures and what comes with it.  Last week down at the Vermillion elevator there is a group of guys that sit around for coffee and doughnuts every morning and look at the temps and talk smart.  They...
Spring is Upon Us

Spring is Upon Us

Holy Cow!  I feel like Harey Carey the old Chicago Cubs announcer.  What a month.  If you had a bar of soap you could have taken a shower outside almost every day and not missed a beat.  Spring is upon us yet I am still wearing my long johns.  We are definitely...