Kansas Country Farm

Another Snowy Saturday

Ah! It's Saturday.  And like the past 3 weeks it's snowing again.  Although we dont have the ice like our fellow neighboring states, this is getting old.  Our roads are yucky and we're all tired of wearing our overcoats and overshoes to stay warm and mud free.  You know what I mean you fellow farmsteaders.  Anyway, I wanted to post a little about me and our farm.  I'm a stay-at-home mom to 2 young and energetic boys.  Coedy is 11 and Chrys is 8.  They definately are farm boys.  In fact, I dont recall not one time when they come in not fithly dirty.  Oh well, thank heavens for washer and dryers.  Some of the things I enjoy are cooking, reading books, watching good movies, and of course farming with my hubby.  I'm also in a monthly Bunco group.  For those who don't know what Bunco is, it's a dice game with 12 players.  It's very easy to learn and very fun to play.  I also do bookwork for my father-in-law and husband's oil business.  Yes we do drill for oil and once in a while we get a good well.  This year I want to try my hand at raising sweet corn so any ideas and tips would be great.  Right now we are in the process of remodeling our kitchen and utility room so I'll keep you posted on how things are going.  I might post pictures if I remember to take them.

Our farm consists of about 7000+ acres with the home place sitting on 160 acres.  Big, I know and it keeps my hubby and his partners busy.  Our crops consist of wheat, milo, feed and sunflowers with wheat being our biggest crop.  We raise 300+ cows.  And right now they are keeping us busy.  They should be having their babies soon so I'll try and post pictures when they arrive.  We don't have any chickens at the moment.  I want to redo the chicken house to better suit them.  Hopefully we'll have some by this spring.  We have 2 dogs, Sammy and Mimi.  Sammy, dalmation mix, is our outside dog and Mimi, tiny toy poodle, stays inside.  She's quite the character and has a personality all her own.  We do have some cats although I don't see them much.  I do believe that's all the animals we currently have.  Well that's a little about me.  I'll post more about my homesteading and post pictures in the upcoming days.  Until then, stay warm and happy blogging.

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03:10, Saturday, January 20, 2007 .. Posted by PattyMarie

Wow, that's quite "homestead" you have! I have a recommendation for sweet corn "Illini"...actually, the county agent recommended it to me. I look for it last year and could only find it already inoculated. I prefer to use organic solutions so I didn't get any locally. I found some un-inoculated on the Burpee Seeds web site. I've already ordered some for my small garden. This is the site address if you want to look it over: http://www.burpee.com. It's under the name 'Corn Illini Xtra-Sweet Hybrid (Sh2).' Happy garden planning!