Both my parents grew up on farms in Southwest MN, and farming is still in our family's blood. My mom's only brother, Uncle Dave, still works a farm in the area.
Karsten has a definite interest in farms, and we want to try to expose the kids to this type of life so they understand the work involved and appreciate what goes into producing the food they eat. Thus we try to get out to the farm at least once a year.
When we were coming through on our way home from the Black Hills, they were just finishing spraying the crops for weeds. There was still some hay to be cut, so Uncle Dave took Karsten and Kiera out about 90 mins in the tractor to cut it down.
Uncle Dave seems to be pretty impressed with Karsten's knowledge of the farm. He said that Karsten was wondering why they couldn't bail the hay by pulling the bailer behind the cutter. David said that the hay needed to dry before it could be bailed, otherwise it would rot. Karsten in turn asked why he couldn't a "furnace" to dry the hay between the time it was cut and bailed. Dave said no one had come up with a way to do that, but if Karsten could he could make a lot of money with that idea.
There are no working prototypes yet, but we're already cashing the check ;-)
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My dad (Dave)is pretty excited about Karstens interest in the farm. I think he told that story a handful of times while they were visiting us this past weekend! Both my parents enjoy your trips to the farm!
We sure do enjoy when you guys take the time to come to the farm and show the kids what Dave and Zach do - and Dave and Zach enjoy showing the kids all the "toys".
We look forward to seeing you all again when the combining starts up this fall.
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