Random Tasks

This was a pretty slow week. We are in the late summer slump when most of the crops are maturing their seed. We banded the cattle which is along the same idea of castrating. We sorted out the bull calves and ran them through the squeeze where we used a bander to put a rubber band around their testicles. The rubber band is set to a specific tension which cuts off the blood supply, so they just dry up and fall off (like an umbilical cord.) It was pretty fun. Then we were the farm cleaning and organizing brigade. We got the barns, the nursery, and the greenhouse all cleaned up. We also began to havest the radish for their seeds. We will get some pictures of the process next week. We are now in charge of the farm for 2 weeks because the Franklins are going on vacation. It's going to be fun. Hopefully we don't have any calamaties to deal with. I hope everyone is doing well and will write soon!