Comments on: Catching Up with Bees and Brush http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/27/catching-up-with-bees-and-brush/ A place to grow in the hills of Missouri... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ed Abbey http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/27/catching-up-with-bees-and-brush/#comment-2224 Ed Abbey Tue, 27 May 2008 15:15:52 +0000 http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/27/catching-up-with-bees-and-brush/#comment-2224 My parents farm around 2500 acres and as a youth, my winter job was cleaning up fencerows. With so many fences, we made it around them all only once about every three years. Never ceased to amaze me how fast things grow. My parents farm around 2500 acres and as a youth, my winter job was cleaning up fencerows. With so many fences, we made it around them all only once about every three years. Never ceased to amaze me how fast things grow.

]]> By: Beau http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/27/catching-up-with-bees-and-brush/#comment-2226 Beau Tue, 27 May 2008 21:21:26 +0000 http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/27/catching-up-with-bees-and-brush/#comment-2226 I can't even conceive of 2500 acres...! Especially taking care of that much land and fences. You must have had some big tractors and such... I can’t even conceive of 2500 acres…! Especially taking care of that much land and fences. You must have had some big tractors and such…

]]> By: Ed Abbey http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/27/catching-up-with-bees-and-brush/#comment-2227 Ed Abbey Wed, 28 May 2008 11:41:57 +0000 http://foxhavenjournal.com/2008/05/27/catching-up-with-bees-and-brush/#comment-2227 They did and still do. I've lost track of the model numbers but they have three large tractors to pull tillage equipment and three small tractors to pull wagons, run augers, do chores etc. They also have a permanent hired hand now that my brother and I are grown and have lives of our own. I still live close enough that I can zoom down and help out once in awhile to get my "farming fix" without having all the pressures and worries of actually owning the place. Farming is a full time job for my parents and their hired hand. They put in 60 hour weeks year round and 80 hour weeks during the spring and fall. Farmers, and not just my parents, are some of the hardest working folks I know. Perhaps one of the reasons I became an engineer. :) They did and still do. I’ve lost track of the model numbers but they have three large tractors to pull tillage equipment and three small tractors to pull wagons, run augers, do chores etc. They also have a permanent hired hand now that my brother and I are grown and have lives of our own. I still live close enough that I can zoom down and help out once in awhile to get my “farming fix” without having all the pressures and worries of actually owning the place.

Farming is a full time job for my parents and their hired hand. They put in 60 hour weeks year round and 80 hour weeks during the spring and fall. Farmers, and not just my parents, are some of the hardest working folks I know. Perhaps one of the reasons I became an engineer. :)

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