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Spring Planting Week 2

Farmer Boy Shetland Sheepdog — Bella returned

Our 2nd week of planting was rough on our family. Our sweet pup, Bella went missing on Tuesday evening. I spent many hours driving around looking and talking to many of our Canadian and USA neighbors. We were so thrilled when she showed up in the field on Thursday around noon! She was full of mud and in need of a soaking bath upon her return.

She has clung to us since her return. We are so thankful she made it back safe!

Sable Sheltie Farm Dog Bella Brown Acres Custom Harvesting — Bella

John Deere 9200 with Bourgault drill planting — Farmer Brown planting wheat in a smoky sunset.

Morning Cloud Reflection on the prairie — Cloud Reflections

Plum Blossoms Brown Acres Custom Harvesting — Our plum trees are covered with blossoms! We are hoping to get plums this year! We have not had much luck the last few years. They’ve been frozen or non-productive due to other ailments.

Farmer Sunset John Deere 9200 with Bourgault drill planting Canola — Sunset on the Prairie
Farmer Brown was planting Canola on our Canadian border fields. We had Tater Tot Hot-dish in the field with a beautiful sunset.

We received a much-needed shot of rain however, it was only a 1/2″. We ran for parts in the morning and had lunch at our little farmer’s favorite place, Pizza Ranch. We were back in the field by the afternoon.

We had northern lights for a bit on Sunday night. Here’s one of my time-lapses of them:

The Busy Time is Here! May Week 1

May is usually very busy on the farm. Here are just a few things that happened the first week of May at Brown Acres.

Brown Acres Custom Harvester Wheat Canola Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Combining Cutter DSC_1904 — Our little farmer is always happy and loves to be dirty! We were getting the cultivator set to prepare for seeding.

The northern lights were putting on a show for all the farmers.

Brown Acres Custom Harvester Wheat Canola Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Combining Cutter DSC_2669 — The ducks and several other birds were enjoying the sunrise in our field with standing water. It’s hard to believe there is water there since it is so dry here.

Brown Acres Custom Harvesting Sunset North Dakota Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska South Dakita IMG_20160505_210810585-01 — We stopped to check out some ducks after we finished cultivating. We had an amazing sunset. Brett took the opportunity to throw a few rocks in the water.

Brown Acres Custom Harvester Wheat Canola Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Combining Cutter DSC_2889 — The smoke has arrived from the Canadian wild fires.

Brown Acres Custom Harvester Wheat Canola Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Combining Cutter DSC_2907 — Brett loves helping dad anytime he can. His job was to tell him when to stop backing up to the auger.

Brown Acres Custom Harvester Wheat Canola Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Combining Cutter DSC_2926#plant16, spring, Spring Wheat, wheat — Wheat seed headed to the drill for planting.

Our little farmer helping dad get the seed in the right spot on the drill.

Smoky northern lights. The whole sky was green for hours!

Bella joined our family around Christmas. Everything is new to her, but she is learning the ropes of farm life. She is a shetland sheepdog or sheltie for short. She loves following Brett on his excursions. — Bella joined our family around Christmas. Everything is new to her, but she is learning the ropes of farm life. She is a Shetland Sheepdog or Sheltie for short. She loves following Brett on his excursions.

What a blur! This is just a little bit of what went on this week. We are also preparing to head south to Oklahoma for custom harvesting winter wheat. Brett is done with pre-school for the year and is very excited to be home to help full time on the farm! He spends most of the time with mom or dad in the tractor, unless mom is working on the camper. He loves to be in the camper!

Minot KMOT Ag Expo

We attended the KMOT Ag Expo in Minot, ND on Friday. The boys had a blast checking out all the new equipment. Brett had to ‘drive’ all the combines. We walked around the arena visiting with various vendors. We looked at the new gadgets, tools, supplies and equipment. It’s amazing to see all the new technology available.