Corn Planting

Well, it's official, the Spiegels have begun planting corn for 2012.  My dad got the planter out this afternoon.  Knowing that we were going to do this today, we fed the stock cows and replacement heifers a bale of hay each, fed the west yard and south yard early on today.  I fed the west yard, and it was so exciting, something clicked.  I kept the distance between the tractor tire and the bunks almost totally consistent and I didn't spill any feed!  I spilled some when I backed up, but that's the be expected.  The other exciting thing today was that I backed up the manure spreader into the lot, and it didn't take 10 minutes!  Probably close to 10 minutes, but I made it through the gate hole without hitting anything!  Yay!  Dad and I didn't haul manure today; it was a project for one of our neighbors who helps out occasionally.  Dad set me up on the harrow to prep all the ground while he got the planter ready.  I bonded with that machine today.  I was on it for, oh, five hours today.  And I drove in high gear this time because I had a lot to get done.  There is something to be said for making yourself comfortable with a machine because you've got stuff to do!  There wasn't time to diddle around in low gear today.  And you know what?  While going faster demands a faster response time, you just adjust to it.  I mean, I drove by marking flags with this huge harrow and managed to only hit three all afternoon.  I was actually quite good at getting very close to the flags without hitting them.  Being in high gear didn't change that.  I also helped my mom and brother plant potatoes today.  It was a good day.  Hopefully things just keeping on clicking!