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How to Turn Apple Crates into Tractor Weights.
What are tractor weights? They are weights you hang on a tractor. They help balance things out, like ballast in a boat. That’s because a farm tractor is not really rolling through a field; it is floating. Especially when you … Continue reading
Another Bird Nest in the Wheel Well of Another Farm Vehicle.
Yes, it happened again—we left a vehicle sitting for a few weeks and it turned into habitat. We’ve seen birds and mice and other things set up camp in various machines, including the old blue tractor and this pickup that … Continue reading
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A Caterpillar in Siberia?
Out for a ski around the dwarf orchard. Happened upon this little fellow. How did he get here? Where was he going? Don’t give up on him after 45 seconds, he keeps motoring! Lifted up the camera when the bug … Continue reading
How to Tow Your Backhoe with Your Backhoe; How Your Mind Works.
A likeable fact about the backhoe—it can be up when it is down. If you blow a front tire while you are working in the field, you don’t need to haul your irons and wrenches to the site. Instead, you … Continue reading
Balto Bonks the Camera.
Balto is a fine specimen of priss. The finest in the land. He won’t sneak off with your slippers; roll in a skunky carcass; steal the cat’s dinner; or otherwise break farm rules. He is solicitous and respectful, submissive yet … Continue reading
Small (Farm) Things
There are so many things to notice on the farm.
Fixing Stuff
It wouldn’t be a farm if everything worked.
Meet the Tractors
These guys are the “other farmers.”
Meet the Farm Dogs.
IT REALLY IS their farm, so let’s see what they are up to.
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