Skip to main content

Field Clearing

That's a lot of hedge posts!
For most of February and March, Chelan, Caiden, and Grandpa worked at cleaning up trees on a piece of ground we bought.  There was a very long hedgerow that needed to be cut up, so after they were professionally pushed over, the chainsaws came out!  The goal was to cut as many large hedge posts as possible - 240 in all!  Some posts have been sold already, but there are plenty more available to sell!

In the rush to get corn planted on that field in April, the remaining trees were pushed together into piles and burned.  It was a little tricky to find the right day for this as we had so many EXTREMELY WINDY days in March.  Remarkably, Chelan found a good day and most of the piles burned really well.  There are still a couple of piles out there, but the corn is planted around them.
Before piles and fire




 Supper was at the field that night:


After fire
It takes a lot of work to get a field ready for planting - something I'm still learning about.  They got it done, though - and hopefully, a good corn crop will come from all their hard work!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Choosing Trust Over Fear

I have struggled with writing about the shooting in Hesston - in fact, I wasn't going to post anything about it.  However, for the sake of memories, I decided I should at least touch on it.  It does deserve a place. It just hit so close to home - particularly since Doug was directly involved.  Honestly, I sometimes feel guilty for struggling with this tragedy.  I wasn't there, I didn't lose anyone close to me, and, although I know a few people who work there, I didn't know any of the victims.  And I get to move on with my life with little disruption.  I feel like I am on the outside looking in.   But I guess that's okay.  I didn't have to be directly involved for this to touch me.  My heart is sad for the families of those who died, for those who were injured, for those who witnessed it, for my brother-in-law who will probably replay images over and over, for my sister and my niece and nephew who might sometimes wonder "what if?", for th...
2 comments
Read more

NCAA Division 1 Volleyball Championships

Chelan and I took Delaney to Kansas City for the championship game of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament - a birthday gift given to her in August. What a cool experience! From posing with the trophy to testing her vertical (6th place for all girls who tried!), to watching the match between Texas A&M and Kentucky, to a real life reindeer in the arena, we had a fun day!
Post a Comment
Read more

Cousin Week

We declared last week "Cousin Week" and went to see Cale, Mace, and Ty play football.  We also watched Addi play volleyball.  Three of those events were on the same day!  I'm sure the girls feel like they have seen enough football to last a long time.  Little do they know - Caiden will be playing in 2 short years and they will have to sit through a lot more of those! We did enjoy watching each one - watching their strengths come through, watching them interact with teammates and coaches.  They are all growing up - just like our own three keep doing!  How does that happen?? Now, if only we could magically appear in California for the other cousins' sports endeavors! Addi - already an 8th grader! Ty, a 5th grader - far right Good teammate Mace, also a 5th grader - #6 Cale, an 8th grader.  #83 (white shirt)
Post a Comment
Read more