Life on the Farm

[chamookman]

Nice ! Bob

[bjrogg]

Thanks Bob. I’m pretty happy with our personal crops. Stuff looks all over the board around here this year. Some fields look perfect and others very far behind and pecky.

GlisGlis asked before if herbicides could be that selective as to kill weeds but not the crops. The answer is yes kinda.

Our non GMO beans are taken care of completely differently than our GMO ones.

We have to kill our cover crops and weeds before we plant our seeds. We generally put down a herbicide much like Preen that people use for their garden and flowers. It stops some weeds from successfully germinating but not all.

Hopefully we don’t have too many weeds escape from our pre emergence herbicide but we always have some. We have to wait for the beans to get just the right size. They need two trifoliates. They will experience some crop damage but should grow out of it.

This plant is showing some damage but ready to outgrow it.

Leave are crinkly and odd shaped.

Bjrogg

[Otis]

Just posting to see if BJ can post

[bjrogg]

Just testing something

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

If I click on page 51 I can use the reply box. When I click on the reply box I can see the replies on page 52. After I post my reply all I can see is the reply I made a few days ago in large font with no way to reply.

Might figure out how to get around this yet but no time now

Hopefully be back soon

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

I’m back

Hopefully I can keep it going here.

These pictures are a few days old now but I was going to show the plant that was starting to grow out of it.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Here is a weed. I’m happy so far. Sometimes it doesn’t work. Even as smoked as this weed looks I have to keep an eye on it. Often they will start growing again. If I hit them at the perfect time I can kill them with a very low follow up rate. If I’m not timely I won’t kill them with any rate.

So much is timing and understanding if and when you need to do something.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Our sugar beets are looking good. They could use a bit more rain, but for now they are ok. I’m happy

You can see the smoke in the air. You have been able to smell it for a couple days now. It looks foggy but it’s smoke.

Bjrogg

[chamookman]

Lookin' good - 'cept I'm real tired of this Smoke. Bob

[BrianS]

Bjrogg,
Smoke here also. Not good air like we normally have.
Take care, Brian

[bjrogg]

Me to Bob. I have had a nagging headache for three days now and I think it’s from the smoke.

Or it could be from hanging around with my cousin every night.lol at any rate the smoke is getting to be irritating.

Hope you get your good air back Brian. It makes me wonder how much oxygen has been consumed by these fires? They’re not only belching smoke particulates into the air. They are consuming a huge amount of oxygen.


Our Pinto beans are looking nice. So far I’m happy with the weed control. Hopefully the beans grow fast enough now to shade out the small weeds that will be coming.

We got a nice rain by my place again last night. Been spotty but most of our beets got a nice rain.

Bjrogg
Bjrogg

[Pappy]

Looking good BJ, we have got plenty of rain after that short time with none, the corn is made here already, the beans will need some more but the corn got all it needed and looks very good.
 Pappy

[bjrogg]

Glad you got some rain Pappy

We have been having a nice balance of work and play lately. Been to the beach a several times now.

Spent the whole day and a good chunk of the night there on the fourth.

Started in the morning and the water felt good.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

By evening the fireworks started at the neighbors.

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Then when everything got dark the moon made its appearance

Bjrogg