I've been trying to find someone to cut hay and everyone asks how many acres are in the hayfield. I thought it was roughly eight, but the map I got back from FSA didn't add up, so I went looking for an online tool to measure the field. Google Earth and TerraServer both offer tools to measure area, but they aren't free.
TerraServer actually has satellite images from multiple years, so I could see the farm before, during and after building the house. Really cool. On the most recent photo you can see the horses in the field.
But, being poor I kept looking and found this page. Yes, the field is 8.1 acres and it took only a couple minutes to plot the corners and get an answer for free.
Showing posts with label farming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farming. Show all posts
Monday, June 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Baby Chicks and Hunters
Baby chicks came in last week and they are so cute. We got Araucanas/Americanas (they lay colored eggs) and brown leghorns for eggs and a few Buff Orpington roosters to fill out the order. Yes, it's late in the season, but the idea was to let them grow over the winter and then they would be ready to start laying in the spring. Now to build a chicken coop.
The girls went deer hunting this weekend. The fact that they didn't get anything didn't keep them from having fun. Ashley wouldn't clown with them, so the picture is one girl short.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Farming the Hard Way
Last year I finally got smart and instead of paying someone to mow pastures and then buy hay, I made arrangements to have someone cut hay on shares. Duh. Why didn't I think of that before?
Let me start by saying that mechanical things don't like me. If it takes gas and has a pull rope, it really doesn't like me. It's so bad that the tiller I just bought is electric. Don't laugh.
I do have an old Ford Jubilee tractor, but it also doesn't like me. I can't keep it running for anything, so when it was time to put that free hay in the barn, I had to get creative. My daughter and I created a sled out of a sheet of plywood and a piece of 1/2" rope and pulled it with the car. Much cheaper than a hay wagon, but it could only hold 14 bales at a time.
Let me start by saying that mechanical things don't like me. If it takes gas and has a pull rope, it really doesn't like me. It's so bad that the tiller I just bought is electric. Don't laugh.
I do have an old Ford Jubilee tractor, but it also doesn't like me. I can't keep it running for anything, so when it was time to put that free hay in the barn, I had to get creative. My daughter and I created a sled out of a sheet of plywood and a piece of 1/2" rope and pulled it with the car. Much cheaper than a hay wagon, but it could only hold 14 bales at a time.
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