Author Archives: Jillian

About Jillian

Hey y'all! I'm a Florida farm girl in love with an Alabama farmer. I enjoy playing basketball, writing poetry and watching Auburn football. War Eagle!

Planting, Pictures and Mishaps

Posted on April 22, 2013

Greetings friends! Here’s a quick photo catch-up of what’s happening on the farm. This planting season started off with a few mishaps. As we were preparing some of our conventional tillage fields, Jared broke or lost a key pin that … Continue reading →

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GPS: Where are we going?

Posted on January 12, 2013

Uncle Gene recently invested into a small guidance system for the farm. So far, the guys have really enjoyed fiddling around with it and learning how it works. I posted a picture on my Facebook today of Jared setting it … Continue reading →

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Closing Out Cotton Season

Posted on December 19, 2012

I am so thankful that cotton season is coming to a close. As I write this, Jared is hurrying to harvest the last 30 acres or so before the rain moves in. Since, I have been an absent blogger, here … Continue reading →

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Ft. Payne

Posted on October 30, 2012

            Happy Fall Y’all!

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Fluffin’ and Pickin’

Posted on October 20, 2012

Today the boys have the wonderful pleasure of fluffing peanuts. (Notice the hints of sarcasm!) We fluff peanuts for two reasons. One, it helps them to dry out on the bottom so we can pick them sooner rather than later. … Continue reading →

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Plowing Up Peanuts and Grading Papers

Posted on October 13, 2012

We are plowing up peanuts on this lovely fall day! We have had a good harvest so far, with the exception of a few breakdowns and rain interruptions. This year we have had the chance to lease a Challenger to … Continue reading →

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Engagement Session: Shelley and Ryan

Posted on September 1, 2012

It’s official. I’m terrible at staying on a blogging calendar… one day I will do better! Down here in our little corner of the world things have gone from super dry to so wet we can’t get into the field … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday: Sunflowers

Posted on July 6, 2012

 

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Creaming Corn

Posted on July 4, 2012

I spent 8 hours Saturday creaming, bagging and freezing field corn. Some of yall just read that and realized I wrote field corn instead of sweet corn. Though it may be strange to some of my Midwestern friends, down here … Continue reading →

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No Bugs for Dinner Please!

Posted on June 5, 2012

Today, I read an AWESOME article by Holly Spangler over at Prairie Farmer. It had several anecdotal stories about the disconnect between HOW our food is produced and HOW we expect it to look and taste. After reading it I though about … Continue reading →

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