planting

Farmers throughout central Minnesota are still waiting to get a good start on spring planting.

You probably heard about me stopping by Wayne O'Connor's and picking up 25 bags of soybean seed. Yes, we put all 25 bags in my 1999 Monte Carlo. The "modern" way to haul soybean seed is to use a seed tender. Wayne gets seed delivered in bulk...

Saturday afternoon when I was spraying beans I received a call from Justin Storlie, my field representative with Birds Eye Foods. Justin informed me he was going to drop off the sweet corn seed and I could plant it anytime. The forecast was 80 percent chance of rain Saturday night so I wanted to get it planted before the rain...

This is a budding lilac bush outside of the KDHL studios. This is my first sign of spring. It is amazing how perennial plants can survive 30 below zero temperatures in the winter and begin growing again in the spring. Hopefully by the time this lilac bush is in full bloom I will have my corn planted...