It’s Fourth of July here today in southeastern Minnesota and
time to take Miss Lily for her early morning walk on our neighbors field road
along a cornfield and around a wooded sinkhole. We happen to live on the very
edge of Bluff Country. To our north and east lie mostly hills and deep cut
valleys teeming with trout and winding their way north and southeast to the
Mighty Mississippi. To the west beginning next to our back yard are corn and
soybean fields stretching to the Black Hills of South Dakota and beyond to ranch
country. Let’s take a look….
Wait for us Lily! (there could be raccoons in the sinkhole...)
Huge fields, huge machines needed here.
There are thousands of these sinkholes in our county where streams and runoff disappear into the ground only to reappear from springs and caves in the limestone bluffs. Most of the farmers are now conscious of preventing erosion and toxic runoff from their fields. Our good friends and neighbors Dick and Sharon , keep their field road mowed and plowed year round.
The measuring stick in these parts for early summer corn crop is KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY. I do believe that mark has already been exceeded. Happy Fourth everybody....:)
Oh my! Much higher than knee high, all right! Happy Independence Day, TB. :-)
ReplyDeleteI thought about getting out for a selfie next to the corn today also.
ReplyDeleteYou too, TB. "Teeming with trout" eh? Do tell more......
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Mike
My, that corn is doing VERY well.
ReplyDeleteLovely area you live in. I miss cornfields. I never thought I'd say that..................
Wow, indeed higher than knee high. Lovely photos, dear Trout. Happy Independence Day to you. Here in Canada we already celebrated Canada Day on July 1st. Stay safe, my friend. :)
ReplyDeleteThe corn is looking good and so in the Troutbirder family! Here in KY, we have plenty of sinkholes. Very typical for us and even a couple on our farm, with springs, waterfalls, etc..., to go with them.
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds like you live in a pretty area. I wonder if the sink holes are something like the holes here from a gas pipeline that goes all across the ranch. The gas company comes to mow maybe once a year but they never fill anything. We have to be careful driving to check the cattle.
ReplyDeleteOooh, the corn is looking good. Here is to wishing your farming friends excellent growing weather and a bountiful harvest!
ReplyDeleteIt's an interesting piece of the country with the sinkholes.
ReplyDeleteWay beyond knee high!
ReplyDeleteSink holes and knee-high corn is like a foreign language to me, being a city gal, but it looks good enough to dream that one day...... oh well, shrugs!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place you live in.
ReplyDeleteIt would be knee high if you stood on your head.
Farm country always brings a warmth to the soul. How nice to be able to stroll past such bounty. Our corn is also head high right now.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely looks to be a good year for corn in Minnesota!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great corn field! Good to see Lily and Mrs T:)
ReplyDeleteThat's some tall corn! Looks to be a great year for Minnesoa farmers.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely walk! Thanks for taking us along...and not stepping in any sinkholes!
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