Photo Monitoring 8-20-2010 - 2

Photo Monitoring 8-20-2010

Credits for Sale.

Today, BWSR deposited the first 15% or 10.4 credits.

Call or email for pricing.

507-847-3745 or rubysfarm@gmail.com

Basin A Report

Resch's corn was planted April 18th and frosted of May 9th.

Once frosted off corn is now 38+ inches tall on June 14, 2010.

Resch's nice looking corn field by observation pipe.

Water table in observation pipe is at 22 inches above bottom of 10" tile.

Water level in Basin A is at 9" and flowing.

Basin B Report

Nice looking corn crop.

Basin B flow/ head pressure is at 5.5 inches viewed on a wet ruler.

Schneekloth's corn is 25 inches tall.

Water freely flowing out outlet at 4 inches.

Time to use the canoe.

Credits for Sale

Ruby's Wetland Bank, LLC has been established over the past 8 months. This project has involved many man hours, large equipment, and cutting edged technology. This project has produced a Wetland/ Upland community to be enjoyed by generations of ecologists.

On June 16, the Technical Evaluation Panel will meet here on site to inspect Ruby's Wetland Bank. Once certified, the wetland banking credits will be deposited into the state wetland bank account. At this point, they will be available for sale. It is expected that the credits will be released over a five year period.

Credits located in Service Area 8.

Please call today for pricing.

Sincerely

Dan Ruby, Owner
507-847-3745
rubysfarm@gmail.com

Canoeing on Goose Pond

Dan and Janeen get ready to go canoeing.


Dan and his sister Deb

Spring Frost

Last night a spring frost occurred.

This is a good opportunity to scout for frost damage in area fields.

The following group of photos were taken by the observation pipe in the adjacent field to the east of Basin A or Duck Pond.

Planted 4-18-2010 Emerged 5-3-2010


In this photo, it's hard to see damage from 6' away.

The following group of photos shows the damage a late frost can do to 3-4" corn up close. Photos taken at 3:00pm






Corn here on Ruby's Farm has not emerged.

Adjacent 73 Acre Farm to West Planted Today

In this photo, the farmer is beginning to fold up his planter after planting the 73 acre field to soybeans today.

Conditions must be good enough for Resch and Schneekloth to both be planting today on this section. We had 6/10ths and 4/10ths in two rain events this past week. The tile system and wetlands appears to be working as designed.

Adjacent Pinz Farm Planted Today

East of SE Corner of Goose Pond

The modern machinery is awesome to watch.

Adjacent Field of Corn Is UP

Adjacent field of corn planted on April 18th has emerged next to Duck Ponds observation pipe. This field is adjacent to the Pinz field being tilled prior to corn planting on May 2nd.

Adjacent Pinz Farm Being Tilled

This adjacent field is dry enough for spring tillage east of the observation pipe on Goose Pond.

In this photo, the outlet on Goose Pond is flowing out at less than 1" of water.

In this photo, the rate of flow at the observation pipe is 2" in a 10" tile.

Farming Ruby's Farm 2010 - Planting

In the next two photo's, Pat Tewes is busy incorporating chemical with his field cultivator.


Stan and Pat loading seed into the planter.
Stan planting the corn north of Duck Pond on April 29th, 2010.

Farming Ruby's Farm 2010 - Fertilizing

In this group of photo's, Stan Sadusky has hired Jackson's FCA to apply the PK prescription to the soil to ensure a good nutrient base for this years corn crop.

In the past few days, the boundary markers for the wetland have been placed and Stan tilled around the perimeter of the field to show the apply where to apply the fertilizer. In this photo, the FCA is applying anhydrous ammonia - N. The borrow areas were rather rough after they were reconditioned last fall and another pass with a tillage tool was needed to level off the soil.

Adjacent Farm Dry Enough to Plant Corn 4-18-10 5:40pm

This set of photo's illustrates that the soil was dry enough for the Resch Family to plant corn on April 18, 2010. They are the first to plant corn in a three mile radius of my farm. Several farmers in the neighborhood have not even hooked up there planters or tillage equipment.

My dad and I always tried to start planting by May 1st. We were always worried about a late frost killing the seedlings just coming out of the ground. I remember several Minnesota fishing openers with snow and icing conditions around May 15th.



In above photo - No tresspas signs are posted allong property line.



Perhaps the Resch's are taking advantage of the dry planting conditions now that the County Tile System has been operating efficiently all spring.

Reduced head pressure is allowing them to get into the field early.

If drainage system works better than ever, will CER values go up for farms along County Ditch 6.

Adjacent Farm Dry Enough for Spring Tillage 4-18-10

Early morning reflection of my building site looking from the trash skimmers viewpoint. Thousands of gulls have stoped by for the past week or so to rest before heading north on their migration.


East Berm on Basin A - Big- Massive - Dry

Water managed and controlled within the confinement of the basin.


4-18-2010 - At 1:30 Mr. John Resch begins incorperating chemical on adjacent field. Yesterday, he tested the field. Today the field is fit enough to begin spring tillage. In this photo, he is field cultivating next to the county's observation pipe and the 6" hickenbottom.

I looked from horizon to horizon with binoculars and only saw one other tractor in the field. I think Wederbrands were leveling off a corn field.


In this photo, you can see Mr Resch spraying herbicide in front of the field cultivator at the north end of my silt fence.


In this photo, Mr. Resch is incorporating right by the 8" hickenbottom.


In this photo, you can see that the water from Basin A or Duck Pond is safely flowing freely into the county tile access point with 1" of water above the outlet structure. The flow rate at the county's observation pipe was 4.5 inches in a 10 inch tile.