Ott, E really enjoys photography (or for the purpose of this blog I'll call it phOTTography) and while he's out and about for work he often takes pictures of fields, sunsets, or whatever grabs his attention. So I thought it would be fun to highlight some of his pictures from time to time and we'll call it; County Side phOTTography.
In this picture of a soybean field; you can see they were planted in what was a corn field from the year before. This is the time of year when farmers are out planting their soybeans and this type of planting is called No-Till as the farmers do not have to disk or plow up the land in order the plant their crops. This saves time, money, and top soil from eroding or blowing away in the wind. (Little fact to pass along; last year 77.5 million acres were planted to soybeans in the US. Soybean oil is used in some common products like crayons and candles.)
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My hubby loves photography too...he carries a camera everywhere he goes..great idea to post some of his pics..thats a good way to make him feel part of the bloggy world too (lol)!
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Hello I am a new follower from Friendly Friday, so glad to have found your great blog. Hope you have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day weekend!
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Great photography!
I'm so glad you could be a part of Friendly Friday, we're happy you've joined us! Have a great weekend :)
I like your blog and being from Indiana myself makes me all the more interested in your blog. :) Happy Friday!
Love this! I was just reading the Outliers which talks about Rice Paddy farming and how they try to get more than one crop per season which actually make the paddy more fertile.
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I am following from NFF~~ and I love your blog. I would love a latte, =) Happy weekend!
Thanks for the comment & follow! What a sweet blog :) Blessings!
I have never seen soybean plants before. Interesting. Thanks for stopping by. Following you back! Have a great weekend!!
Hi, I came here via Friendly Friday. I'm your newest Google Friend. Hope you can get the chance to stop by and see me at my blog sometime soon :)
That's really interesting about the soybeans :)
Following you from Follow Me Friday!! Hope you visit and follow me as well! Have a great weekend!
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Cool photo, i like the angle. and i'm a big fan of edamame so this speaks to me lol. Happy Sharefest, from SITS
I like learning a little about crops, since we don't have any! When I taught Iowa history, I remember learning that we used to have 16 inches of topsoil, and after the dust bowl, it was down to 8. So I think anything that preserves our topsoil is a great thing!
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yAY!!ANOTHER FASHIONISTA!! =) love your about me section ...I am a loyal customer at Starbucks too. =) I also love your banner of you & your hubby on the coffee. too awesome! Teach me how to do that??lol
PS. Great photo! and cool fact.
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Beautiful photo! Popping over from Mingle Monday. :)
I truly enjoyed your farm scenes today. I am old country girl from way back. We never planted soy or had machinery. Just hard work with our hands and mules. This is my first visit to your blog. I participate in Pink Saturday and would like to feature you on it this coming Saturday. Our hostess, Beverly at http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog likes us to feature a new friend. Drop by Saturday and see what the pink ladies have to offer.
My first up close experience with crop rotation! And, LV, love your stories, too.
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