Heard someone sold a barn cat for 400 dollars to an individual from the city. Apparently it’s time to update the old balance sheet. Elmwold farms has a new asset line!!
Wife worked the sales barn today. Guy dropped some cows off. Two hours later went to go load some cows he bought. Opens back of trailer and some loser dumped 3 puppies in the back of his trailer. Listen to Bob “Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered”
Doing hay today. A kid is hanging around a field as I’m driving dump truck for multiple loads. Pull over.
Me-Do you want to go for a ride?
Him- yes!
Start driving back to farm
Me-do you even know where we are going.
Him-nope
Me to myself. Fuck this is how I end up on the news.
Everytime I hear the government say something is temporary I am reminded that income tax was supposed to be a temporary war time measure. That’s why I have a hard time giving the government more temporary power.
Crazy morning I missed at farm. My cousin stopped at our tank room to get milk and left truck outside for 3 minutes. When he got out a truck was driving away and a lady was in his truck. She tried driving away but he stopped her. My dad and him detained her till cops arrived.
Starting dating.
Me- I have to work late tonight
Gf- your work ethic is so sexy
2 years dating
Me- I have to work late tonight
Gf- you work too much. We never get to spend any time together.
2 years married
Me- have to work late tonight
Wife- k I have wine and my puppies
Weve always said that when you hire teenagers your actually hiring their parents. Just that’s who they get their attitude and work ethic from. But when an employee hurts herself and isn’t sure she can milk. Having the dad say him n her will get it done together is the next level.
Coming home from baseball. Stop at red light. Car full of teenage girls pulls up beside me. Start cat calling me.
Girls-you wanna be my sugar daddy
Me- I drive a 2005 tan Corolla. You think I have money.
Girls- laugh
Me under my breath- fuck they’re onto me.
My cousin lives a decent distance off the road. 11 today a truck slammed into the tree in back yard. It be a good 100-150m off the road. Went off the road and through our field before hitting it. Guy left work not feeling well and blacked out. Was coherent when ambulance came.
Last week I lost my best buddy in the world Cash. He has been with Kristin and I since we first moved in. He helped me propose and get married. He was always at my side crop scouting and doing parts runs and was the gentlest soul in the world. I will always miss his sloppy kisses
I literally had corn seed ordered for this field it looked so bad in the fall and spring. If you had of told me it would of yielded so well I would of assumed you were a card carrying liberal. Cough crazy cough
When the wife and I first started dating. This cow as a heifer calved. During her first milking she booted me right in the face That week I met the wive’s family for the first time with black eyes and messed up nose. 9 years later and on her 7th lactation I still don’t forget.
Switched the old barn over to LEDs. Makes a world of difference in the barn. It’s pretty awesome. Also looking forward to the cheaper hydro. Now I’m gonna have to power wash it since can see the dirt now.
We record our hours on our farm. Just how we do things. Today I finished off this book. I started in April of 2007. It’s interesting looking back at some of the shifts that we used to run. Hoping to put less hours in the next book and more in life the next 15 years.
Was inline to do the last milking in the parlour tonight. My cousin’s kid and his friend offered to do it. For about 5 seconds I thought about telling them no I got it. Then I came to my senses. I will not miss that job after about 20 years of milking in there.
I don’t know how you robot guys get out of bed in the morning knowing there is no chance of a cow dipping their tail in the parlour gutter and then whipping it in your face.
My dads in a play in town (momma Mia). Wears makeup while performing. Won’t lie it’s pretty hard to take him seriously around the farm when he still has eye liner on.
Smashing some second cut. Has anyone ever done anything about steel in fields. Tore down a house and shed on this field and stopping every 5 feet is getting old.
Wife has a nemesis on our farm. Ok milking cow but looks super special. Vet checking her is a process. Showed signs of heat in dry cow lot. Took 4 people to check that she was open. Shipped her to sales barn that wife was working at. I get this picture from her. Stare down!!
When I got done university we just bought in straw as we needed. Now we bale and put away 1200 bales as the wheat comes off. Seeing pictures of everyone on boats today really makes me wonder if this was the right decision. At least there not small squares
She has risen!! For the first time in a week and two days this cow has gotten up by herself. We have lifted her 2-3 times a day for the entire time.
#finally
Mother Nature decided we needed a break from finishing 1st cut so getting the much needed soaker rails going. If you don’t have these in your barn I recommend you take a look at installing them.
It’s not even 9 o’clock and I think I said ah f@$k it’s a holiday three times already. Sucks when rest of world shuts down but you still gotta keep going.
If you live in SWOX ward 1 and he hasn’t been out to your house already to campaign reelect my dad Paul for councillor. If you’ve heard of the saying if you want something done give it to a busy person my dad is a prime example of it.
Interesting find under the tin of an old pig barn the Amish are taking down on one of our properties. My great grandfather’s mother was a Baxter from this farm.
Went to a fancy restaurant last night. The type of place you gotta check the bank balance after seeing the menu. Man the amount of fake lips there was ridiculous. Ladies. No guy has ever went to his buddy and said look at those fake lips in a positive way.
Wife and I just got back from Puerto Rico. Spent some time on main island and toured old San Juan. Then flew out to small island called Vieques. Did a bioluminescent bay and had amazing beaches. Wild horses on the island were cool even if they are hay burners. Would recommend.
Back in the day my grandpa used to drive from town to check cows for heats. If he saw road kill he would pull over put it on his hood or trunk and bring it to barn for cats to eat. So if you saw a dodge neon with road kill on it that was him. We might be a little white trash.
So much room for activities!!!! This heifer fractured her front left leg 4 months ago. Thought she was a goner. She’s been in a maternity pen ever since on strict rest. I think she is ready to move back in with her friends.
First time we’ve had 3 cows in the barn over 100k at the same time! Always get excited when a cow rolls over this milestone. Everyone of them is pregnant as well.
Day 6 of
#Silage18
I forgive our deserter due to the fact he added to our crew! Julia Ferne Buchner. Congrats Derek and Kate. She’ll be able to help us cover stack tonight right? I don’t know how babies work.
Me to wife- I got asked to be on a radio show.
Wife-does he know you
Me- no, just through twitter
Wife- bahaha. This will be interesting
To listen to me live up to my wives high expectations tune into
@realagriculture
on Sirius 147 at 4 pm.
I had some left over chem in sprayer last fall. So I sprayed the headlands and front of this field to clean out sprayer to winterize it. Looks like I should of done some more spraying.
Huron Perth Crime Stoppers and local police are investigating after a farmer notified them Thursday that thousands of 15-day-old chicks were missing from their chicken barn on Line 17, South Huron.
Lake Lisgar has a new habitant. Our barn is not a good place for a loon. Hope he likes his new home. Not much more Canadian then
#tims
and saving a loon.