Farm Life........
There is definitely a rhythm to farm life around here. It's one that beats to the changing seasons and there is a lot of hard work that never truly stops. It's not for the faint of heart, but oh how very rewarding it can be!
Growing Pecan trees and fruit trees takes patience, Most all of the trees are grown in containers, which is a completely different challenge from growing trees in the fields. There is the constant check of the soil in the buckets. You have to make sure that the nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium levels are balanced.
The buckets with the yellow sticks, are actually Pecan trees that have been grafted.
Grafted to make different varieties of trees. Like Choctaw, Desirable, Caddo, Pawnee, Stuart, just to name a few.
Farm life isn't just about planting and waiting. I can tell you, It takes a lot of work just to battle the weeds, manage pest, keep the irrigation system going, and the list goes on and on.
It takes 3 years for a crop of pecan trees to be ready to sell. It is hard work, but it's the kind of work that if done right, produces good healthy trees.
It was another fun evening of riding to the farm with Sam.
Earlier in the day, I rode out to my daughter's house. Since Shanda is out of town, I have some dog duties this week. I've been going out twice a day to let them go potty.
While I was out there, I grabbed a few pictures of her saucer magnolia tree....aka, tulip tree!
I cooked enchiladas for Dinner last evening.
Can't believe I didn't get a picture to prove that I really do cook. I actually cooked a pot of pinto beans on Monday, so we had left over beans with our enchiladas.
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Wondering Here!!
Just wondering what time of the day that most of you write your post and publish it?
I am a morning person and I usually try to post on my blog by 9:00 or 9:30 AM
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I think the stuffed bunnies are so cute!
I pulled out my Easter and spring decorations yesterday.....When Sam came home, he said:
"I see your OCD kicked in today." Whatever that means...lol
Happy Wednesday Friends.......
Shug...🌷
I enjoy learning about the farming your family does. I grew up on a dairy farm. And my sister operates a potato farm.
ReplyDeleteI love all your bunnies.
xx oo
Carla
Thanks Carla...Farming is definitely for the faint at heart..It really is hard work. Have a great Wednesday.
DeleteTo all reading, this is granddaughter #1 (aka Sugar Baby aka Favorite Grandchild ) and I can proudly say that Shugs enchiladas are to DIE for! I live in the Metroplex area now so I don't have as easy access to Shugs cooking as I used to, and boy let me tell you.... I MISS IT. Love you Sugar Booger
ReplyDeleteAwe....you are too sweet Sugar Baby....Wish you had been here last evening for some good ol' enchiladas! You know Pops loved them...Love you too sweetie.
DeleteI never heard of a saucer magnolia tree, but your daughter's sapling(?) is gorgeous! (Going to Google, yep I am!)
ReplyDeleteHow funny, you asking about our bloggy bio-rhythms! ... I was thinking the same thing and, in fact, recently put that out in my 'notes.' To answer your question, I'm definitely an early morning person. Sometimes Life gets in the way, but if I wait until after lunch all my brain cells want to do is sleep.
Love your bunnies and Sam's 'OCD' comment made me chuckle out loud!
Good Morning dear friend. I had no idea that the trees were in buckets. How interesting. We lived in Almond Orchard country for 27 years and I loves the different seasons from the white flowers that looked like snow to the full green leaves and then the harvesting of the almonds. I was going to make Tortilla Soup today, but got lazy and we are just going to have tortilla chips with avocado and refried beans.
ReplyDeleteI usually post later at night, as the day goes by so fast with my schedule and wound nurses coming 3x a week to care for the wound on my dearest leg from his last skin cancer surgery. Sometimes if I get inspired..I stop and blog right then HaHa.
Love your posts and your visits to the country. Blessing, have a great day.
your bunnies are beautiful, love the ballerina one. when you talked about farming and then pecans trees I thought you had trees and picked up and sold the pecans, I had no idea this kind of farm exists.. wow. I can only imagine the work with all those baby trees to care for.. love the pics of the farm machinery too...
ReplyDeleteforgot to answer your question about posting time, mine all post at midnight. I use autopost. most of them are created in the early am because my brain doesn't do well in the afternoon. I create as things happen, and leave them in drafts, some sit there for weeks. before dementia came here I did auto post but I spent the morning creating and it posted at midnight. now I do it when I can and let them wait
DeleteFarming in pots is hard work, everything must be right! Those Tulip Tree blooms are beautiful! I usually write my blog the evening before and I schedule them to auto post at 3 AM the next day.
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing your farm photos. I didn't know about them growing in pots like that.
ReplyDeleteI grew up on a dairy farm, and worked on a blueberry and celery farm when I was in junior high and high school. All of them work very hard!
Shanda's tree is beautiful!
I often get my posts ready to go ahead of time and schedule them to post in the evening.
I love the rhythm of farm life you describe—it really does sound like a dance with the seasons! I can imagine the patience and hard work that goes into growing those pecan trees. The grafting part is fascinating! It's amazing how much goes into making sure everything is just right, from the nutrients to the irrigation. And managing those dog duties too—you're really juggling it all! Also, enchiladas and pinto beans sound like a perfect, cozy dinner. As for me, I tend to write my posts in the afternoon, after a cup of coffee, but I totally get the morning energy you have!
ReplyDeleteYour bunnies are adorable. I love this path to the farm; the trees have an almost bower effect. Farming is hard work, and will not tolerate much waiting when something needs to be done. But it also seems to be a healthy way of life. The Tulip tree is beautiful! I usually post near bedtime, so there will be a new one in the morning.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm such a "girl of the suburbs" I know farms are a load of work but all the work you have to do to produce the fine crops you do is quite amazing. Thanks for explaining all about it. and I do love the photos too.
ReplyDeleteI usually do my blog around 10 am while I am finishing my second cup of coffee. I have to admit I am not an early riser and being retired has made me more so..haha..
Looks like by tonight we have another storm blowing in with a big snow storm in the Sierras about 2 hours away from us. Maybe it will give me some more "Blog Fodder" haha...
Sue
Your OCD kicked in and I love your decorations and the bunny sitting there crossing her legs.
ReplyDeleteYour meal sounds good - but no picture???
I did not know that there were that many of different kinds of pecan trees. Here in our old house the trees were there, and the acorns just fell to the ground. Not sure if they were healthy to eat or not.
I had one of those flowering Magnola bushes/trees too.
You know I just put out one post a week. So, I am kind of thinking about it all week. I think I did one a day for fifteen years and then decided to change.
I love saucer magnolias, but because we're on the northern edge of their growing area there aren't many around.
ReplyDeleteFarms fascinate me. I remember those summer road trips from San Francisco to Tennessee, then on through Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and back home and all the miles and miles of corn. This was before the interstates and we’d drive through old towns and get behind a farmer on his tractor. I loved it all. I was a city kid and to me, meat came from the mom and pop store down the street!
ReplyDeleteJust up the road from us, are these greenhouses that kinda do what you do, but with strawberries 🍓 I was going to post about that next week.
My dad grew up on a farm - and my husbands family were originally from Kansas and grew wheat. I don’t doubt at all the hard work it is. I know how hard it is to keep a small veggie garden in my yard and in a much smaller scale, all the care that goes into it.
Really enjoyed this post and giving us a window into your world. 🌍
My, my, my . . . this was a very interesting post and it bought back a memory of one summer when I got a job for a nursey in Tennessee grafted small fruit trees. It was too hard bending over all day so I would sit on my bottom and scoot along the dirt to take a little band and wrap around each bud that the person in front of me grafted into each tree. What I remember most is that after each days work, we would take a bar of Ivory and go to the creek to bath off. I wore shorts that summer that were just above my knees and when I wore a swimsuit my dark tan looked like I was swimming in long stocking, LOL.
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