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Heads Up

The winter wheat is currently in grain filling.  I love that ladybugs are in full force protecting our crops from aphids.  They are so big and bright this time of year and I thank them for the beneficial effort they put forth.

 

Birds of a Feather

Took a nice walk after work.  The scorching sun was behind a big bank of clouds and so I took the time to take a stroll and enjoy the early evening.   Production in Central Oregon is at an all time high.  Bluegrass is ready to harvest, irrigation is running 24 hours a day.  I love early summer when crops are green and irrigation shimmers in the sunsets.  Two months from now, water will be shut off and harvests will be complete. 

Unity

Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

A Good Year

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.  ~Emma Goldman

 

Agriculture

Agronomist:  n.
Application of the various soil and plant sciences to soil management and crop production; scientific agriculture.

I am an agronomist.  I work with soil, plants, and water.  Every day I see the impact of earth providing for each of us.  I try to educate and encourage, to investigate and solve, and to live with what God gives us.

 

I've always wondered about the red poppy that adorns lapels.  The red poppy had become a symbol of death, renewal and life. The seeds of the flower can remain dormant in the earth for years, but will blossom spectacularly when the soil is churned.

In Flanders Fields

By John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row by row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard among the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

                    In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If yea break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

                    In Flanders fields.