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KST8FAN · « **Reply #7200 on:** July 04, 2025, 01:37:24 PM »

Sweet corn crop is early. Neighbor never makes any money because he sells it for free!

Tom

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star seed 7 · « **Reply #7201 on:** July 04, 2025, 06:55:06 PM »

Oh hell yes tom

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7202 on:** July 04, 2025, 07:23:29 PM »

HtF did i end up with 5 gas cans in my garage?

Tom

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ben ji · « **Reply #7203 on:** July 04, 2025, 10:43:17 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 04, 2025, 07:23:29 PM

HtF did i end up with 5 gas cans in my garage?

Tom

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Rookie numbers, gotta bump those up.

Also congrats on the corn bonanza, you gonna freeze most of that?

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7204 on:** July 05, 2025, 10:51:39 PM »

Blanch and freeze tomorrow.

Tom

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steve dave · « **Reply #7205 on:** July 06, 2025, 11:10:42 AM »

Dang, that's a heavy amount of corn

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7206 on:** July 06, 2025, 11:26:22 AM »

Farm neighbor has grown about an acre every summer for years. He's in his 70s.

Usually 2 plantings a couple weeks apart, but it matured at the same time this round.

He always calls once others have got their fill, and then we pick what's left.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #7207 on:** July 06, 2025, 04:24:17 PM »

Field corn looks spectacular. Beans planted on Father's Day weekend, not so much.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #7208 on:** July 06, 2025, 08:47:33 PM »

Blanched and bagged.

Tom

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ben ji · « **Reply #7209 on:** July 06, 2025, 09:27:32 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 06, 2025, 04:24:17 PM

Field corn looks spectacular. Beans planted on Father's Day weekend, not so much.

Tom

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As someone who knows nothing about planting soybeans I am surprised at how late in the year you can plant them. At the fiances place 3 weeks ago they had just baled the hay and hauled off the bales (picture below with the turkeys).

There is a small farm pond in the corner of that 20 acres and when I went out there this weekend the hayfied had been planted to soy beans rows that were about 6 inches high.

Quote from: ben ji on June 16, 2025, 05:56:28 PM

Saw some turkeys on their recently harvested Hayfield when we were driving back to KC on Sunday morning.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7210 on:** July 15, 2025, 04:42:33 PM »

On Nextdoor.

Tom

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Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #7211 on:** July 16, 2025, 07:54:51 AM »

Corn out there looks pretty awesome. It is going to need some rain to make it through this July heat.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7212 on:** July 17, 2025, 09:56:47 AM »

Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on July 16, 2025, 07:54:51 AM

Corn out there looks pretty awesome. It is going to need some rain to make it through this July heat.

Water in the basement here, but going to grow some corn now.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #7213 on:** July 25, 2025, 08:16:53 PM »

Field scouting today with some positive findings.

Tom

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wetwillie · « **Reply #7214 on:** July 25, 2025, 08:39:18 PM »

Got yourself a 48x20 there it appears

ben ji · « **Reply #7215 on:** July 26, 2025, 03:36:20 PM »

I accidentally blasted a bullsnake because it was pretending to be a rattler.

I was mowing at the cat ranch and saw a big ole snake, I turned off the mower and the snake made a rattling sound and went into the S formation so I blasted it since it was right by the house.

After I blasted it I realized it didn't have a rattle and felt bad because it was a beautiful bullsnake.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #7216 on:** July 26, 2025, 03:42:02 PM »

If he didn't want no smoke he wouldn't have raised up. eff around and find out

ben ji · « **Reply #7217 on:** July 26, 2025, 09:46:40 PM »

North fork of the Solomon River is still dry but has some sunflowers in it.

ben ji · « **Reply #7218 on:** July 26, 2025, 09:48:14 PM »

Luckily the cows have some sweet sweet ogallalah aquifer water to drink in cascading stock tanks.

ben ji · « **Reply #7219 on:** July 26, 2025, 09:48:49 PM »

The cows

ben ji · « **Reply #7220 on:** July 26, 2025, 09:53:21 PM »

Field of dreams vibes when driving the windmill road just south of the cat ranch.

I tried to take a picture of a big buck with good sized velvet antlers standing in the middle of the road but I was was not quick enough.

ben ji · « **Reply #7221 on:** July 26, 2025, 09:55:20 PM »

Milo and a mid sunset

KST8FAN · « **Reply #7222 on:** July 27, 2025, 07:02:40 PM »

Flint Hills pasture tour today. No lovely sunset for Tater, but plenty of pond water to stay cool with the cattle. One poor old girl down for the count floating in the pond.

Tom

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Spracne · « **Reply #7223 on:** July 27, 2025, 10:46:53 PM »

You find that dead cattle out near Blackwater? Some bandit wrangled a few head off me roundabout there.

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #7224 on:** July 28, 2025, 07:51:13 AM »

10/10 ranch update, Tom. Sorry about the dead cow.