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    2025 gardens

    I have planted that kind in the past but still go back to NK 199 myself! Thats what Libby uses. Its a commercial corn and yields over 6 tons per acre. Nice big ears too!
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    2025 gardens

    The rest of the onions picked up and the tatoes dug, over 2,000 pounds of tatoes total. Got a few wierd ones too. Had quite a few that were 2 1/2 to 3 pounds. Same with the onions. French fries now!
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    Free Vintage JD Needs Moved - SOON!

    too far for me. IF it were closer I would take it in a heartbeat!
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    2025 gardens

    hot/dry here for 2 months nonstop. garden bout had it for this year. onions only got to 2 pounds each this year,---wanted 3 pounds since this is probably my last garden year. Potatoes struggling, looks like a lot of small ones out there. Early reds are about ready to dig and size varies a LOT...
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    2025 gardens

    no problem with wind turbines here! We have 2 on our farm and they dont bother me any! I enjoy them myself!
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    2025 gardens

    onions lookin good so far and tatoes coming up IF they dont get froze off!
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    Your last generator Maintenance Run

    last time they got serviced??? ---- well lets see, I think it was 2 years ago when I last used 2 of them and the other 6 not since the former owner used them! LOL!! One came on the service truck and I do use it a lot out in the field. I changed oil in it a couple times. Handy to have with me to...
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    2025 gardens

    We been hauling produce to the food bank every year. usually around 24,000 pounds per year. gets expensive since its a 25 mile trip one way! Getting hard to do now so dont know about this year. Nobody will come pick anything and a couple ladies will come IF I pick the stuff which I do so at...
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    2025 gardens

    got the onions planted--- took me 2 days and I am beat!! ended up with 4 1/2 rows again. same as last year. Good friday will be tater planting day here. Have 50 pound bag of Kennebec and 10 pounds of red norland to plant. Lookin like my last garden IF I make it thru this year. old body just...
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    2025 gardens

    Going to be a late start in the greenhouse this year here. still getting light snows, hail and rain here. Water still freezing on top of the catch tanks. onion plants are to come the week of the 24'th and more rain on the way. Been mowing the farm off and still have about 1/4'th of it left to...
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    Oxy/acet tank ownership transfer

    I think the testing here is 10 years,--dont quote me on it! different brands/companies may have shorter term on theirs.
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    Oxy/acet tank ownership transfer

    Dad bought med. sized tanks in 1960 and traded up the oxy. tank to the big boy a few years later for a few dollars and even tho I still have his title to them he passed away in 91 and I still exchange them at local dealer which has changed hands many times over the years and as long as the tanks...
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    What did you buy this week?

    bought another old Davis trencher to go with the other 3 that I have. This one also runs and is in good condition. Still have several thousand feet of field tile to put in the farm waterways. same auction I got a Craftsman 2.6 saw like new cept they left gas in it for several years and lines...
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    What did you buy this week?

    Waukashaw gas motor. 75A series ll for sure.
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    What did you buy this week?

    Yes, Michigan and from what I can tell it could be a 75 A series ll since its hard to make out the tag on it and too cold to mess with it in -7* with 35 mph winds! I bid a bit higher than I wanted to but it does have the 6 cylinder GAS motor in it and that makes it WAY more valuable to me! Been...
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