Wildlife

The fields dried enough this week to get back in and plant soybeans.  Last night was a beautiful evening and we were planting a mile southwest of Eureka Lake.  A flock of geese flew in and hung out as I planted.  They would move out of the way if the tractor was headed their way, but they didn't seem too nervous, and they hung around til after dark.  At dusk, three deer came out of some trees on the west side of the lake and browsed out into the cover crop in the neighbor's field.
Hawks seem to be plentiful this year.  There have been one or two following the tractor in just about every field this spring.  They watch as the tractor passes them, and if the tractor kicks up a field mouse they swoop in for a meal.

Geese through a dirty window.

The wheat is heading out nicely and we are hoping for a bumper crop.

We finished planting soybeans late this afternoon.  Cousin Paul stopped by with a young man visiting from India.  He got a ride on the planter tractor and a quick tour of the farm.  The major crops where he is from in India are wheat and rice.  He said the majority of the farm work is done by hand labor because of the huge population in India.  Although, he said, mechanization is starting to replace some of the labor.
Hopefully, all of our crops will come up like they are supposed to and we won't have to do any replanting.  And we trust God will add the increase.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Job 39:26