Ah, we study weather and find out more and more about what moves our weather Sun spots have an impact to start our study far away Big shifts away out there push and pull our climate Moving closer, jet streams, pathways of air way up high 'carry the mail' this way and that, a [...]
December morning finds them quiet iron and steel and rubber engineered to tasks now, just sitting parked Days and nights they thundered through the fields of black lifting, turning, stroking the soils that yielded plenty chisel plows, men call them they scratch nature's back opening her skin to air and water microbes breathe earthworms [...]
If I were, I think I’d contain the dancing longer, on the little hardwood floor Representative Bachmann whirled and swirled attracting lots of moths Pretty woman, not shy to speak she captured hearts for a moment Then came Perry from Texas, be wary who rose like a shining star then flamed, and became another also [...]
Spring and farmer bring the green focus Winter pastures green and growing range away the weary brown Suddenly, it seems, the world's carpet is back lush underfoot The buds swell, and the warm spring sun first burst of green announcing colors come Protective shells are shucked as life and increased energy wrapped in soft [...]
Soggy leaves, from a gentle night time rain Soggy soil, luxuriously black and rich Fields of cornstalks, nipped and low from roaring machines that stole their fruit All warmed by a bright fall sun My toes are cold is winter creeping, sneaking, behind some dark barked tree? The birds are flocking geese doing check [...]
The earth is a quirky place sometimes hot, sometimes cold the winds blow hard or gentle the sun beats down, or warms the soul the rains come..., or not... A springtime day a touch of frost when planting should be rolling seeds stay warm, but in the bag and in the shed, cozy The farmer [...]
The saying used to be and was a valid thought 'Corn knee high by the 4th of July!" Well, a new target has appeared: "Chest high by 4th of July!" And 'we' do it! Better understanding of the soil (never say 'dirt') and adding plant food and genetics and planting machinery We carefully tune ourselves [...]
Yup! It's true! If the weather is just right and the corn has great genes and the soils are supersized (black) sometimes the corn looks black! Today is one of those days! Heavy cumulous clouds are rolling past and the corn is over the top, growing so fast, it's just amaizing! Dark, dark green, ever [...]
A certain time of year a certain time in summer the maize gets sweet on us Daytime starch turns to early morning sugar much to our taste buds delight! Sun and rain soil and genes do their dance so well there is a reward for us Early morning finds us ripping the ears off stalks [...]
Tucked just beside old Route 66 and across the way from Lincoln's court house a long handled pump sits atop a well a sesquicentennial marvel Honest Abe put his hands on that self same handle you can I can pump it too just like he did 150 years ago or so Riding the circuit palavering [...]