Moving hay home...

Hello all,
  I was just going through my pictures, and found this video clip I took a couple of weeks ago when we were moving hay home. We are going to have to get to work on that again, as we are starting to run out of hay at home... This video was taken with my iPod Touch, check it out in HD!



 Andrew B.

  PS. Check back later for some pictures of something Dad and Mom brought home yesterday...

Quick update.

Hi all,
 Just a quick update of what has all been going on around here... On Friday, Dad, Mom and Jacob went to Bismarck to run a bunch of errands, and to bring home the truck which is finally fixed. YAY! Yesterday we spent most of the afternoon watching Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park", which was pretty good... Today we are just working on odds and ends, although one of the projects on my list is to finish our farm's logo and label for the grain we are planning on selling, and work on designing a website for our farm. :-) That should keep me busy for a little while...
 Best get to work,
   Andrew B.

Long time, No post!

Hello all!

Yes, I am still alive! :-) No, my computer didn't die either! Unfortunately I have just had too many other things going on, and a number of more interesting projects to do in my spare time, so Blogging kind of got put on the back burner... And besides that, we have had things going on the last couple of Sabbaths as well, so I couldn't even write then!

This morning I decided to take some pictures of my "Other projects" to post on my blog, so without further ado, we'll start from the beginning...
A couple of weeks ago, Dad was hauling grain for a neighbor of ours, when he saw an old snowmobile and an old four-wheeler sitting in the tree rows... After talking to the owner a couple of days later, we were able to buy them for a pretty decent price. :-) They both needed some work, but to the pictures:

Here is Jacob happily driving the 1985 Honda TRX250! It runs good now, although the rear brakes still need to be fixed... It had 2 flat tires, needed a new hub for one of the rear wheels, had a broken front shock, the battery was missing, the front fenders are all broken and missing, the front brakes needed adjustment, the carb was out of adjustment, one front rim was cracked, and apart from a couple little odds and ends, it's just like new! ;-) It has already been up to the pasture for fencing, and sure is handy around the yard!

The snowmobile:

Yup, that's right. Its a John Deere! More specifically its a 1974 John Deere JDX-4 340cc Twin. As you can see, it's in rather tough shape cosmetically, but the motor runs good, and the track is in pretty good shape, so we should be able to get some fun out of it this winter... Right now it is sitting in the shop just as you see it, and probably will be for a while, as it isn't a really high priority right now... ;-)

Last Tuesday, Dad, Jacob and I went to the annual consignment auction in Napoleon. We brought home 3 things; A large (50ft) vibreshank (mainly for parts); A nice stock trailer (We really needed one, as we only had a little one before, and we are planning on hauling all the cows to pasture this year... another story :-) ); and this:

How old do you think this truck is? Leave me a comment with your guess!

My other project:

This laptop was given to me in need of repair... I was told it needed a new motherboard, and that it would cost ~$400! But to make a long story short, I was able to fix it, and only had to add RAM, and a hard drive! I have been wanting a good laptop for a long time, and now God has given me a ~$1500 laptop for less than $100! PTL!

And now for an announcement:

Prairie Days 2010 is coming up! Check out the website Here for more information! Come and join us! But, if you can't, stay posted for a whole bunch of pictures, and probably even some video clips... :-)
That's all for now,

Andrew B.

My new wheels, 2nd edition! :-)

Hello again out there in cyberspace! Once again I haven't written in long time, and I have a lot to say!



We are still busy making hay; it is an all-summer project! We still have about 160 acres of alfalfa to cut, ditches to bale, and a little native prairie to mow, rake, and bale. Then we have to stack all the bales before the plants under the bales die, then we start all over with the second cut on the alfalfa! Here is a picture of some of our bales, after they have been moved in from the field, but before they have been stacked:





Here is a picture of the inside of Cora's camera:




She asked me to "Fix It", as the lens would not extend or retract fully, and so was unusable. I was able to take it apart and oil the lens mechanism, and now it works again!


O, getting back to the subject of my post, here is a rather candid shot of me just arriving home in my "New" wheels.





A little better picture:







My Brand-New Old-Used truck is a 1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 4x4, in very good condition.






I just HAD to take everybody out for a spin, and Cora caught me driving:





Mom knew I bought a pickup, but she was a little surprised at how nice it is!



What? Tailgating already?



Best get out to the barn,

Andrew B.