Farm Livin'

[carneyman]

Figured I would start posting some pics of the farm, and didn't want to completely take over sandman's thread, so here we go.

 

Up in the North-west Texas Panhandle, we own about 3800 acres. Plenty of room to go out and do pretty much whatever.

 

What we farm with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out of the 6 vehicles currently at the house, only one isn't a GM. Its a F*rd.

[carneyman]

Where we park 'em:

House garage

 

Now this is a shop!

 

 

Where we use em:

 

 

 

[hockeypro1411]

<<<-- This guy is really jealous!

[carneyman]

The homestead:

 

Watermelon, cantaloupe, and locust tree garden

 

vegetable garden

 

Backyard

 

porch

 

 

Solar heated floor FTW!

[carneyman]

<<<-- This guy is really jealous!

 

Ha, thanks! Its really nice here once you get passed the wind and flat land and dry spells.

 

Wide open spaces, actually being able to see the stars at night, and quite a bit of diverse country. We've got places where you can still find tons of arrow heads, caves that have been blackened by many a campfires, and wildlife galore. Its awesome.

[Jnk]

I'm jealous too. I get so tired of the city. If I had the opportunity to live out in the sticks I would. Especially in the greatest state of the union. Texas FTMFW!

[alaska511]

Very cool, Eric! America at it's best!

[pennzoil29]

I miss the country. I spent my pre teen years living on a horse farm with my grandparents. Nice pix Eric.

[wlvrn1215]

Nothin' runs like a Deere! Nice spread ya got there man. Ive only got 6.5 acres but its nice to have land now a days with no one around thats for sure.

[Z71kris]

I wish I had just 1/2 acre, alas I have about a 1/8th, I stink..nice digs

[bell_man]

I have 3.5 acres and a nice house about 40 miles south of Atlanta with a lake next door and I would give it away for the chance to live on a farm in the Midwest. Man I am so jealous.

[Draenor]

Very nice. I wish I had some of that. I dont do farming, but have some wild mustangs that would love to run in all of that. Mending fences whould be the only thing to suck out there.

[rvsahs]

Like the versatility of that 8420...nice spray tank attachments. What is your typical cropping mix between dryland and under the pivot? How many pivots? Close to Dumas or Delhart? Been pretty dry this spring? Any livestock? I'm in ext farm mgt at OSU so always ask this these types of questions...

[BuckFeverZ]

Damn, nice set-up ya guys got there!

[carneyman]

Like the versatility of that 8420...nice spray tank attachments. What is your typical cropping mix between dryland and under the pivot? How many pivots? Close to Dumas or Delhart? Been pretty dry this spring? Any livestock? I'm in ext farm mgt at OSU so always ask this these types of questions...

 

About 10 miles west of Dalhart. The 8420 got new saddle tanks last year, plus an Outback nav system a few years ago, so planting and spraying go by pretty quickly now. Most is irrigated, with about 75% corn and the rest wheat. About half the dryland gets planted to either wheat or some maize a year. We've got 16 1/4 mile and one 1/2 mile sprinkler. Been dry enough, but the dryland wheat looks surprisingly good. They are predicting some rain this weekend, so I spent the day planting 3 corners to grass. We keep around 45-50 cows and 3 bulls year round, sometimes with a few hundred head of calves.