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Spring Planting Week 3

Sunrise rainshower with a rainbow on a dirt road — Sunrise shower on the prairie

Our third week went pretty smooth. We started out the week with a beautiful sunrise shower followed by a rainbow. We didn’t get much rain; less than a 1/2″ in most places.

planting trees John deere — Planting trees

Our local soil conservation district planted 4 rows of trees along some of our property for a new shelter belt. They planted lilacs, box elders, quaking aspen, and juniper trees. We’re hoping they got off to a good start!

John Deere 9200 Borgault drill planting soybeans North Dakota — Planting soybeans

Farmer Brown was able to plant soybeans in a field near our yard.

North Dakota sunset planting soybeans farmer Brown Acres Custom Harvester Wheat Canola Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Combining Cutter DSC_5768 — Planting Soybeans

What a beautiful night! The sky was so colorful.

Planting soybeans 9200 John deere Borgault 2320 drill — Planting Soybeans

Chocolate Chip Cookies Kitchenaid Turquoise White Kitchen — Brett scooping his cookies.

Brett decided one day that we had to make chocolate chip cookies for everyone! First he had to let everyone know he was making cookies today. He loves to bake and be a chef!

Flowering Crab Apple blossoms — Flowering Crab

Our favorite tree, a beautiful flowering crab was in full bloom this week! The smell was overwhelming!

Spring wheat Brown Acres Custom Harvesting — Spring wheat emerging

Our wheat has emerged from the soil this week. It is so great to see the black dirt turn green!

Filling borgault drill with beans John deere 9200 grain truck Brown Acres Custom Harvester Soybeans — Filling the drill with soybeans.

Farmer Brown and Brett filling the drill with soybeans. Brett loves helping on the farm and being where the action is. He was helping dad keep the beans leveled out in the compartment.
Our crazy dog, Chevy did something we had not seen before. Mick was trying to figure out what was laying in our yard. He figured the dogs had buried a dead animal, but discovered it was a dog toy when he got close.

Our week was filled with planting and fragrant trees! We are over half done planting and busy preparing to head south for custom harvesting wheat.

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!