Just a few things that make me happy… -Blue Skies -Green Grass -Grazing Sheep and… another lambing season about to begin, just a couple weeks out! Happy Sunday! • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #lambing #hairsheep #sheepofinstagram #sheep #blueskies #greengrass #grazingsheep #womeninag
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5..4..3..2..1 Let’s go! Day 1 • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #mchalefusion3plus #mchalebaler #marshmallowfarm #sorguhmsudangrass #haylage #baleage #farm365 #ag365 Found a little shade and breeze in the sorghum sudangrass this afternoon….
Not for long…It’s going down tomorrow at Lively H! Ready, Set… Let’s…Bale.. Time to make some some marshmallows folks.. • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #sorguhmsudangrass #haylage #baleage #kentucky #agriculture #forage #farm365 I know.. you have been wondering where I have been, thank you for the messages..and all who have helped me recently.
I’ve been a little under the weather, since this time last week.. but I’m on the mend. I will tell you all, Covid felt like it kicked my a$$, but I am thankful to be feeling better… I was also very upset because I got some of my loved ones sick.. but thankful they are feeling better as well and no one else has gotten sick! Very thankful! I hadn’t seen my sheep since last Friday…That’s crazy! I haven’t been on the farm since then either.. So that shows you I really haven’t been myself.. I’ve definitely caught up on sleep, watched more tv than I have in the past year. On that note I started “Virgin River” and finished..Ready for season 5.. By the way highly recommend.. Also almost out of most everything in the house.. So grocery shopping it is, today or tomorrow! But on the plus side, we needed to do that! We all get so caught up in things we want, but we don’t need it.. we should be thankful for the things we have.. Yesterday afternoon I took a much needed walk…The garden needs picking, well what the raccoons haven’t ate over the week The sheep well they are good here at home. My weaned lambs greeted me at the gate yesterday baaing away! My new 4 well, they seem mad, and wondering who I am! But they will have no choice but to get over it, and I am positive they will when they see what’s in the bucket.. The other flock well I haven’t seen them yet, but I’m heading there soon but they had some pretty special people watching them! I just wanted to apologize for being quiet..but I’m back… I know a lot of people are dealing with different things right now, so much going on! Just know whatever it is you will get through it, find your crowd, lean on them, take time to breathe, find your happy place…a calm place to think, take a walk and remember.. you’ll find obstacles in life everyday, how you choose to handle them is key.. Happy Friday followers! XOXO A Growers Granddaughter • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #farmlife #farmblog #womeninag #postivityiskey #thankful #blessed #farming #friday N-EWE, New to the farm three ewes #81, 88, #90 and added another ram to the flock..
Got to think of a name for him.. So you know what that means… followers time to think of a name again… Comment below name.. Winner will be picked this Saturday at NOON! On another note: I’m heading to bed to count sheep in my sleep…and watch the cows jump over the moon.. Goodnight XOXO A Growers Granddaughter • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #agriculture #sheep #sheepfarming #womeninag #womeninagriculture Good morning from the pasture..
Ewe (You) can’t tell me this group of lambs isn’t photogenic… I gave them the award this morning…. Happy Tuesday! • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #lambs #weaninglambs #sheep #flock #hairsheep #farm #womeninag #tuesday #morningonfarm #goodmorning #agriculture Good morning followers… My bucket is almost full…(my rain gauge) Don’t judge me…I haven’t moved my weather station over here yet… Papa said they got 1.3 inches…Uncle Johan 1.5 inches Last night I stayed up past my “bedtime” Why? Because I heard the thunder… saw the lightening…. and waited on the rain… Shortly after hearing the rain, I sensed calmness and knew it was time to rest.. I slept like a baby..Slept till 8:30 which almost never happens.. This rain was an answer for some relief and growth on the farm/farms..moisture in the soil…yes we need more especially with the hot days, the soil was very dry…But if we could’ve gotten any rain.. this was the best we could’ve received….I looked at the weather forecast multiple times over the week …the fluctuation in amounts and days where we were supposed to get rain and it missed us! I’ve decided I can’t base my life on the forecast, literally..At the beginning and end of the day those things are beyond our control.. Only the man upstairs, knows what is bound to happen… Thankful the bucket is full this morning, just as my heart. I hope everyone got a good amount of rain last night! I pray there is more in the forecast, even though we cannot see it.. Happy Saturday! How are you enjoying this day? I’m heading out shortly to go work and worm the flock..and I’ll be taking you all along on next YouTube video! Stay tuned! • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #bucketisfull #agriculture #rainisagoodthing #thankful #blessed #farmblog #farming #farmlife #prayingforrain #prayforfarmers #saturday #farm365 #ag365 Rain missed us again today..literally watched it blow around us..
But hoping some other farms received rain in our area! Praying we get rain tomorrow…. It’s been a busy last few weeks at Lively H…harvest, spraying, double crop..but things are finally slowing down… a little break… but that doesn’t mean we aren’t doing anything… FARMING NEVER STOPS…ALWAYS THINGS THAT NEED DONE… Today we got everything moved back to shop and bins minus the disk and tractor and also a skid steer.. Also got things ready to roll for tomorrow.. Tomorrow we will be cutting some forage for baleage unless it rains then…well…I think we will be sitting back thanking God for a blessing.. We desperately need rain.. Happy Thursday Followers • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #livelyhfarms #agriculture #farming365 #ag365 #farmlife Hope you all had an amazing holiday weekend!
We took a little pause for a couple of days around the farm…minus tending to the livestock but back and going today! Let me tell ya it was HOT.. I walked through some soybean fields this afternoon! We got 0.03 inches of rain Saturday, I am thankful for even that little amount…but we need a good rain! I watched all day rain go around us…but thankful for the rain other farmers got! We all need it, we are all in this together! Trying to be as positive as possible with you all.. but I have to be honest if we don’t get any rain here soon though things really are going to go downhill..and fast… Praying the forecast is right and it rains Friday and Saturday! On another note though since it was so hot this afternoon, I believe the beans felt a couple of drops but.. I had to remind them it was just sweat… New youtube video will be uploaded in the morning! Make sure you subscribe! @agrowersgranddaughter Hope you all had a great Tuesday! • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #livelyhfarms #farmingwithpapa #followinginpapasfootsteps #youtube #youtubechannel #youtubesubscribe #kentucky #womeninag #womeninagriculture #farming #soybeans #tuesday #farm365 #agriculture #farmlife I spy with my little eye…something white..
And that white little thing you see is a flower on a soybean plant! This field was planted on May 11 May 12. Beginning flowering means soybean is at growth stage R1..This soybean plant however is closer to R2, meaning it has an open flower at one of the top nodes. This is very important, soybeans are now in the reproductive stage and will begin pod development. Rain is crucial right now for the yields of crops, corn is beginning to tassel, full season soybeans are flowering. Pray for rain this weekend! I know it’s a Holiday weekend and everyone wants cookouts outside and fireworks, and rain doesn’t allow that but also if it doesn’t rain we’ve got a serious problem on our hands. Look outside if your yard isn’t growing, or looking sick, so are our crops and pastures! The sad thing is we are in just abnormally dry conditions, and suffering already, others in the state and other states, the term drought is real! Pray for farmers! • • • • • #agrowersgranddaughter #prayforfarmers #agriculture #prayforrain |
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