ABOUT THE FARMERS WIFE
LIFE ON THE FARM IN AMERICA
THIS PAGE UPDATED 04/25/05
WELCOME TO DELTA'S PLACE !
I started this homepage in 1997 to show my favorite pastime , my pond. Here it is the year 2005!
I created this pond, waterfall and stream
with my trusty shovel and sore back. Most of my
knowlege of ponds and how to create them came from
the wonderful resources on the internet. I started
six years ago with a small hard plastic pond and
loved it so much that I had to have a bigger one.
If I have one piece of advice to future pond builders
it would be to go the first time
because you will not be happy for long with a
small one.
The pond had brought many hours of enjoyment. This spring
I watched a pair of Orioles make it home. This baby made its
first flight to the rocks along the edge.
I have always been a gardener of sorts...mostly
vegetables. A few years ago I spent a lot of time in
a Garden Room and the wonderful people
there expanded my intrest to include flowers so
consequently I gained three new flower beds in
my yard this summer. Big thank you to my friends
in the Garden.
I can't believe that so many years have pass since I first created this page but they have and they have been great years of growing crops, flowers, veggies and grandchildren on the farm. Life is GOOD !
I have not decided yet if farming is our business or
our hobby. Somedays it is debateable. My farmer and
I farm about 1500 Acres of corn and have another 1500
Acres of alfalfa.
 This keeps us busy all year round.
We also have a hay grinding business that takes care
of any rest time we might have. We grind our own hay
plus buy hay to grind for feedlots in the area.
This business helps to keep the cash flow up during
the not so busy winter months. After the crops are
planted in the spring, along with the day to day
worry of hail, wind and no rain, we keep busy
irrigating the corn, which is a blessing in disquise.
It is a lot of work but we don't have to worry about
drought so we count that among our blessings.
Our hay business is also a big part of our summer
work. We get three and in a good year four
cuttings of alfalfa and between putting it up in
what we call breadloaf stacks and big round bales
we keep busy with the upkeep of all the machinery
required for an operation this size...in other words
repair and maintenence.
No self respecting Nebraskan could create a web page and not mention  THE HUSKERS
I am the mother of three wonderful daughters, the
wife of a wonderful farmer and the grandmother
of five wonderful grandchildren,who are the light of my life.
We live on a farm in Nebraska and would not want it
any other way. The life out here is full of good air,
good people and as the say "The Good Life"
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING SITES TO VISIT MY OTHER PAGES
THE AMERICAN FARMER
TYPICAL CROP YEAR
GREAT PAGE FOR ALL HUSKER FANS !
THE HUSKERS
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