Made it to the farm today

[swat1018]

You plant much Milo, Bill? It does well in the drought capital of the world, for some reason. I've about given up on beans.

 

[Bill]

You plant much Milo, Bill? It does well in the drought capital of the world, for some reason. I've about given up on beans.

I have just not in a few years. I had a nice crop of WGF sorghum one year.

 

[Someday isle]

Looks like today is the day Bill! All of Missouri is supposed to get a good rain today and tonight.

 

[Bill]

Looks like today is the day Bill! All of Missouri is supposed to get a good rain today and tonight.

just logged into my security cameras. My gutters are running over. I need to clean those....but it was nice sight to see.

 

[buckdeer1]

I try to plant some milo each year and always plant 3-4 weeks after ag planting as I like it in the milk stage during late sept.You do have to watch for sugar cane aphids in this area of Kansas as that is the main reason alot of farmers had quit planting but now with some new insecticides they planted some this year and it did pretty good with the weather.Big secret is don't plant too thick or it won't head out.

 

[Bill]

So my failed soybeans, followed by failed brassicas followed by rye and oats didn’t turn out to bad.

it’s got really sparse beans about 6 inches tall, small brassicas and oats and rye. Mostly still green because of the weather.




The Neighbor plants beans on one of my fields on 1/3rds. I requested my 1/3 be left standing this year. That will feed a few deer for a bit.

 

[Bill]

No pic but The Hail Mary plot isn’t bad either. The deer hammered all the soybean and sunflower sprouts. Rye and clover did well.

 

[scott44]

Thank God for the cereal grains and clover.

 

[Bill]

Just posting here for my own journals history sake. Today in the mail I received a signed agreement of sale for an additional 172 acres. Never hit the open market (not that I didn’t over pay).

I had this bought in 2009 with a verbal agreement and the owner got cold feet. 11 years later they approached me. But I reminded them every year I was still interested. Just pointing out it never hurts to let someone know you’re interested if they ever are. If I hadn’t done that, it would have been snatched up by someone else or on the open market.

I’ll post more details when it’s a done deal. That’s when the work starts, I’ve been coasting the last few years. Now I’m back to a zillion feet of road screening, bulldozing plots and making a royal mess with a chainsaw. I’ve never been frightened about hacking the crap out of mature junk trees and making timber look like a disaster. ;)

and of course it happens to be the week the stock market farted.....

never in my life have I bought something “almost” that took so long.

In March we signed our hand written agreement after a hand shake. Then COVID. Then planting season, finally in Aug we got a notarized contract. Then more Covid, then harvest season.
We close on Dec 9th.

I just reserved 5000 miscanthus rhizomes.

Going to be a busy year for me. My wife is actually coming to the farm in Two weeks.

we’re going to mark out where the bull dozer work needs to clean plots and build ponds.

hoping to get her in a box with an x bow. But that’s probably just a dream. :).

 

[Tree Spud]

never in my life have I bought something “almost” that took so long.

In March we signed our hand written agreement after a hand shake. Then COVID. Then planting season, finally in Aug we got a notarized contract. Then more Covid, then harvest season.
We close on Dec 9th.

I just reserved 5000 miscanthus rhizomes.

Going to be a busy year for me. My wife is actually coming to the farm in Two weeks.

we’re going to mark out where the bull dozer work needs to clean plots and build ponds.

hoping to get her in a box with an x bow. But that’s probably just a dream. :).

Good luck with the closing. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Sounds like you will be busy!

 

[Bill]

Good luck with the closing. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Sounds like you will be busy!

I’ll be honest. I’m not hurt over it taking so long.
After we shook hands and wrote a hand signed note the world and my stocks took a crap. The world is still crappy but my stocks are back.

 

[j-bird]

Them 1/3 of beans standing is great! Lets of grain to feed the deer there. Do you have any say so as to which beans stand....or do you just let the farmer figure it out?

I had some "adversity" with my plots early this year as well. My corn went "flop" so plan B was turnips, AWP, wheat and clover....and my deer don't want "salad"...at least not yet.

 

[Bill]

Them 1/3 of beans standing is great! Lets of grain to feed the deer there. Do you have any say so as to which beans stand....or do you just let the farmer figure it out?

I had some "adversity" with my plots early this year as well. My corn went "flop" so plan B was turnips, AWP, wheat and clover....and my deer don't want "salad"...at least not yet.

I picked where he would leave them. He decided what was 1/3, and went way in my favor if you ask me..

 

[scott44]

Will you have to brush hog the beans come spring or will he just plant into whats left ?

 

[Bill]

Will you have to brush hog the beans come spring or will he just plant into whats left ?

I mow them. Otherwise they get a tangled in the planter.

 

[j-bird]

I picked where he would leave them. He decided what was 1/3, and went way in my favor if you ask me..

It looked like maybe somebody had chosen some more strategic areas to be left....was why I asked. Your deer will be happy.

 

[Bill]

Yeah those low spots seem to be favorite places for them to feed out of sight.

much better than the top of the hill.

 

[j-bird]

Yeah those low spots seem to be favorite places for them to feed out of sight.

much better than the top of the hill.

Yep....looked like a deer hunter had some input into that decision. Even in my area where it's pretty flat, any slow spot seems to draw deer activity. It's funny how a small swale can have that impact.

 

[Bill]

Well I bought the farm. But thankfully I’m still alive.

yellow is existing, the red has been mine for a day..
My Lines are squiggly but it makes the point.

lots of road frontage. Thus the 5000 rhizomes reserved for spring. I’m starting with road screens as job # 1

 

[Someday isle]

Congratulations Bill! You haven’t posted any harvest pictures or stories this year have you? Or did I miss it? Hoping you had a good season.