Some Awesome Ag

It is now about halfway through the month of May and it seems as though it may never end. As always in the life of this farm boy, a lot of things pick up in the spring months until summer when school is out and I can finally take a breath and relax for a moment. Round about the end of April/ start of May, I pick up the old glove and start playing fastball for a local minor ball league. After a practice or two and a few games the teams are all starting to get the hang of it and the play is really picking up. On top of that this Wednesday I began playing rugby for the David Thompson Voyageurs (my school team). It's kind of an amazing thing to do for our school as we hardly have enough players to put a team together and after some slight injuries I just happen to be starting. It turns out to be a blast yet at the same time, just another way of taking up precious time. And just when I thought my life was about full it turns out finals are just around the corner so of course we step up on some classes to finish in time and review for the tests. So now you know whats happening OUTSIDE of the farm however that doesn't mean when I get home and have a weekend without anything going on I get to relax in fact it's quite the opposite.

 We've been calving out calves for a few weeks now and keeping up with records and tagging is a huge responsibility still. The cows aren't the only things that have to be watched during the spring though because it's time that we think about getting back behind the wheel of the tractors and heading out to the fields. The combination of these new tasks as well as the everyday chores that have to be completed have left very little time to stop and smell the flowers so to speak. Because of this I would like to introduce a new segment to the blog called Awesome Ag which is literally just that, some awesome things about agriculture. So without further ado I give you the first thing that you might take for granted in the everyday farm life.

#1 Limitless Boundaries

On a farm there are no boundaries and nothing is off limits, whether it is climbing on bales or going down to the creek you are free to explore and be yourself at all times and it feels great!