Monthly Archives: June 2026

Our rain enforced wheat cutting hiatus has provided us with the opportunity to get some non-harvesting things done. The grain-semi gets new hopper door bearings and solenoids. The big tractor gets a radio. The laundry room at Grandma’s house gets … Continue reading →

Things break.  If you’re a Eukaryote being and make things….            they break. Side Note: Once saw a video of a sea otter lounging on the ocean surface in Morro Bay. The otter is happily breaking open clams for lunch. The otter’s anvil … Continue reading →

A threat of PFAS contamination in fish a few years ago curtailed most trips to the Lake (Cedar Bluff Revisor). Several years now without any increase in local health problems is revitalizing the fishing. Our recent fishing trip is only … Continue reading →

Grain-cart rule #1: Don’t spill any wheat. Of course, there are often contributing factors. Like the semi hopper door not quite closing all the way.Of course (again) the grain-cart driver has the final and ultimate responsibility to check the doors.

Fueling, fixing, general maintenance is hard in the middle of a wheat field. So we have a flatbed service truck. A mobile service station. It has an external tank for carrying diesel fuel, a compressor (great for filling tires), tools, … Continue reading →

Some wheat is good. Some is bad. Some we don’t talk about.

There’s always something for a city-boy to learn on the Farm.            The why & wherefore of crops.             Equipment usage and maintenance.             Large animal husbandry.            Mule pasture maintenance. The last one is very new. At least to me.