The Hunting Times

 The sweet corn is coming on like gangbusters now.  Sandy picked over 30 dozen ears yesterday and that's not including all we have eaten or given away already - and that's only HALF of the crop.  I think we may have finally figured this deal out - well after a mishap early on with too much herbicide.  I will just say, it's probably best to go with the manufacturer's recommendation and not what "experts" think you should apply.  Long story short - we almost didn't get any sweet corn! Along with that, the sunflowers are starting to bloom.  They're looking good.  This was by a happy accident and not good planning.  While we did get the grass burned off, the ground fertilized and tilled appropriately, and planting in early, there was an issue with a chain on one of my planters.  Thus, only half of the sunflowers got planted.  This is a good thing though as if they all got put into the ground, they would have been way overcrowded.  As it...

 Posting some pictures from the Farm this July 2022.  Still hot and dry here.  Need some rain.  All these shots were taken on an iPhone 13 Pro Max.  Enjoy the photos. Moonrise at 9:10 pm on Tuesday, July 12th (no zoom) Same photo, same location, same time, 4.1X zoom Same photo, same location, 15X zoom. Sunset, same night (just facing W now, duh).  9:12 pm. Now it's 9:18 pm.  4X zoom. Papaw has a Monkey on his back! That's Wes, our youngest grandchild (2.5 yrs) Went on a Family Run-Away (reunion) to French Lick and took an animal safari.  They had two bears.  Here's one of them bathing. Yes, we were close, but you can see the electrical fence "saving our lives!"

 Just catching up on posting some photos taken around the farm this July.  Spring started out really wet and quickly turned to drought conditions - as you shall soon see.  Enjoy the photos.  Captions included. This was taken at 10:06 pm (22:06) on Friday, July 1st. Beautiful sunset, but it's TEN O'CLOCK at night! This was Kathy's extended family enjoying the fireworks on Sat. July 02. You can see the sun reflecting off the house. Yep, it's 9:13 pm (21:13) And now I am driving back to Nick's to run his puppy.  The next three photos are same day, same sunset, Saturday, July 2nd, at approximately 9:15 pm. Taken from Kathy's driveway - pond on left in photo. Now taken from lane. Still in lane, just a little further N to capture Big Red. Grandma taking two of the grandkids on an adventure. Note the condition of our lawn from total lack of rain. Coming back from our adventure. Don't worry.  We didn't "lose one" as he's with me.