Ready to go to work?

[Animal]

I am ready does anyone else get antsy this time of year?

 

[old]

What you mean things like tilling the garden already and having Lettuce and onions and turnip and radish and maybe even some matos growing already. Not 100% sure on the matos since they are volunteers from bad one that fell off last year. But yep the pasture is starting to green up now if it would just get dry enough o be able to do some thing and it would not hurt a bit if it warmed up to say 60 or so

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

Cabbage, broccoli, turnips, and cauliflower are in. Most of our garden spots are tilled. Waiting for the ground to dry to get the potatoes in. Need to turn under some rye that's a cover crop for a new patch, too. Mark

 

[Erik Ks farmer]

Rebuilt the wing cylinders for the field cultivator and had all new hoses made today. Also started mounting the frame for an FEL, need it to dry up so I can get in the field and stop spending money. Yep, I am ready to get to work also!

 

[Animal]

All I can say is that I am glad I have that little ford to keep my mind occupied or I would be in the same shape as most of my friends and neighbors, trust me that is not a pretty sight! I looked back into my last years log and we had not turned a tap this time last year, but to hear them we are a month behind. Do you suppose the price of corn and beans have them so ancious? Besides that it still is too dark early, if you cant work till nine pm whats the use of starting the tractor..........

 

[old]

Can not say about the corn and beans since I do not grow any row crops, down here if I tried I would spend to much time picking up rocks. LOL I pretty much only do my garden and hay and I do just enough hay to keep my animals feed and the neighbors feed, which in the long run pays for my hay so I feed for free. Guess I should call you tomorrow to explain the oil pump thing since some one is picking at me about it or did you not see that down below

 

[delberts]

Iv been ready ..i had to borrow a friends tractor to plant my corn 18 days ago...I should have all my painting done on mine this weekend and be ready to turn some dirt, its been a long winter

 

[Animal]

No I did not, but I understood what you were saying and it makes sense.

 

[old]

Ya plus it can save you A good bit of $$ to sand the oil pump surface down smooth to make it work. The tractor I did it on cost me all of $100 and it had a loader on it. But when I got it the oil pan plug was missing so I opened it up and found the oil pump problems

 

[JMS/.MN]

First the snow has to melt away. Typically we get into the field 3 weeks after that. Right now I"d estimate.... Apr 20-25. We were at 37 degrees this afternoon, hr NW of MPLS.

 

[jackinok]

I always start out with a bang, but seem to run down about midsummer the older I get.

 

[Heifer]

I am ready as well. Fixed the belly pump seal on the M, repaired the oil cooler on the Deere, getting ready to do some plowing. I am usually burned out by November, the urge comes back around February. Baling hay in mid-July gets a little old.

Have a fun and safe spring with NO break downs.

 

[Rootsy]

Crunch time around here... April kind of snuck up on me with the cool damp weather. Now I find myself under the gun to get things done. I am definitely ready. Just need Mother Nature to cooperate. She is pouring on us at the moment and it is pretty chilly.

Doesn't look at though we'll be planting any seed soon.

I did manage to incorporate some manure yesterday ahead of this rain and got the planter around and gave it a check-up.

Have a few thousand seedlings growing and some of the cold weather plants need to get in the ground as they are getting pretty large but I still have to put cover crop seed in and lay plastic and drip tape before that can be done. Good chance of rain every day for the foreseeable future though.

Stressing just a tad. Guess I'll retire to the shop this evening, turn on the radio, drink some coffee and do some spring cleaning.