A Typical Day?

  The other day I was asked to describe my typical day.  I honestly had to say that there are no typical days in my life!  I'll use a recent example......

  The day started out with a little time spent in my home office paying a few bills and entering some deposits on the computer.  I knew that this would be a day I would be needed at the farm since we had to harvest vegetables for afternoon delivery to the grocery stores.  Since it was going to be a HOT day (topped out at 105), we got an early start, and I started out harvesting some of our first heirloom tomatoes, then went on to to harvesting/trimming the basil.  I was just getting ready to start packaging the basil, when I got a phone call from Tom.  "The corn is growing really fast.....I need someone else to run the other hiller."

  Now, though I've been farming full-time for 14 years, there are operations that I still haven't done, and hilling is one of them.  It actually scared me some.  In our operation, we plant the crops 22" apart and the tires of our tractors are something like 18" wide.  Not much wiggle room!  The one good thing was that I would be going VERY SLOWLY!  About 3.5 miles per hour, to be exact.  Like many things I'm frightened of, this didn't turn out as badly as I had expected.  I don't think I tore out much corn (except on the ends when I had to turn around), and I got quite a bit done.  Goes to show that many times "scary" is just in  my mind!

Parade Day

Tuesday of the fair in our small town is Parade Day!  The town virtually shuts down and many visitors plan on getting to town by 1:00 p.m. in order to find a parking place and get to their favorite location to watch the parade.

We spent the morning getting our yard ready for the festivities.  Lawn chairs out by the curb - check, picnic table up for the Ping Pong Ball Drop - check, house (kind of) cleaned up - check!  There was activity all along our block:  American flags were displayed in the yards, some of the neighbors were having potlucks and many people were getting set up for Walk Down Medina which was to start immediately after the parade.

Friends started arriving around 1:00, so the visiting began.  The atmosphere was carnival-like and it was time to relax and enjoy the parade.  The hour long parade had something for everyone.....

Antique Vehicles

Antique Tractors

Flying Pigs

Horses

Farm Equipment (Silage Chopper)

Water!

And Elvis even showed up!