Norris Family Blog

It's Over

We had a killing frost, so we're done selling mums. We've received the check for the last 32 we sold, so pretty soon it will be time to divide up the money. I counted the mums left in the field and we had 114 left out of the 1,100 that we planted. That should figure out to a pretty good year considering how little rain we received in August and September. I've taken the bush hog off the tractor and put the grader box on, then leveled a couple loads of dirt in Regina's front yard. I don't think I will use the bush hog until I start trimming the fields next spring. Linda used the mower to mulch up the leaves a few days ago and we had a fire in the fire pit today. It had rained last night and things were still wet, so there wasn't any worry of the fire spreading. It took a while to get it burning though, then when it finally was burning quickly, we had to go inside because it started raining again. The fire burnt itself out after about two hours. Just before dark, a couple of guys from Georgia stopped. They were dressed in complete camouflage outfits and wanted information about hunting on the West Fork place. I told them I didn't know much, but we talked for about a half hour. So, to summarize no more mums, no more bush hogging, no more mowing, just a peaceful time on the farm. I took the picture below on the way to Columbia one morning.