finished planting but not before the law was called on me

[deere755]

I Finally finished planting this week and replanting. We are about 30 days behind on planting this year on beans because of the wet weather so this week when it finally got dry enough to go we ran hard, harder then normal. I rented a new piece of land this year near the lake with a lot of homes around and most of them are moving here from the big city to retire. Normally I try not to run near some ones house late at night but with it getting late in the season I decided to keep planting the other evening. At 11:45 pm I am getting ready to pull out of the field with the planter when a deputy sheriff pulls up. It turns out we know each other as we drink coffee at the same coffee shop. He tells me the people in the house had called and complained about me working so late. He said there was nothing against the law about working so late but he was wondering if I was about to quit for the evening. I told him yes as I had just finished that field. I hope I don't offend anyone on here but it makes me mad when city people move to the country and complain about the farmers in the area. Rural living is a lot different from city living and you had better get used to it or move back to the city. I am sorry that the cow manure stinks it is manure it is supposed to stink. The cows have lived here longer then you. And I am sorry if I kept you up one night out of the whole year. I am sure the city is loud every night. Just me venting

 

[dnafziger]

I agree with you, it was nice you had a deputy that was polite and understanding, now for the neighbors!!!

 

[archerynut]

Sounds like a manure pile upwind of the neighbors should be in short order.

 

[Soundguy]

Yep.. I had almost the same experience when we bought our ag land. some guy moved in behind us, and calle dthe fire dept on me the very 1st day... basically lied and said i had started a fire over on his sid eof the property... when in reality, my fire was in a pit, covered by metal screeinging to control embers,,, I had a tractor on hand with a blade and a pile of sand to push over the pile to controll it, as well as a few buckets of water setting out there for emergencies.

After that day, i decided the hog pens, turkey pens, chicken and duck pens would all be built along that back side o fthe property. Taht was 8ys ago.. I don't think I have ever seen him in his back yard since then... especially not anytime it is warm... ( I keep the maneuer pile fromt he horse stalls down there too ).

I guess he shot himself int he foot on that one... hope he;s happy about extending the olive leaf that first day!

soundguy

 

[wjoerob]

May I offer another point of view? Some of us move out from the city (21 yrs ago) like we had always wanted to, and get the same treatment as all the spoiled whiners you've described here. Their whining and troublemaking makes us disgusted, too. Just because we didn't inherit hundreds of acres like a "real" farmer doesn't make us second-class country citizens. Keeping a full-time job in the city doesn't mean our hearts aren't country. Most farmers or their wives keep a job there. too -- have to just to make ends meet. Just because we try to buy a few acres, maybe don't use the normal commercial methods to raise afew animals or crops doesn't make us inferior neighbors. Some of us respect you for what you do, we pull over when your equipment comes down the road, we respect your property lines, and mean you no harm. I lived on less than one acre for years surrounded by crop fields, with 2 acres unused lot w/ unused barn right in back of me. Tried several times to just buy that little property, he always said no. Guess what? It' still sitting there unused and ugly.

 

[Egon]

Plantin time and harvest time just have a narrow window of opportunity. That may be why tractors have lights.

 

[dmccarty]

I would rather have a tractor running every once in awhile than dogs barking to my north east and south west. The dogs bark all year long all night long. Running a tractor would be a better substitute.

There there is that pesky church off to the south west. They play loud music all the time. Can't hear them unless I'm outside so its not a big deal but ITS A CHURCH!

Later,
Dan

 

[sunspot]

I have to get up at 4:30 to drive to my city job, so I like to go to bed early like 9:00-9:30.
That being said, I would never complain about a farmer trying to get in a crop at the last window of planting. Heck, I might even offer to help, if I wouldn't be in the way.

 

[MossRoad]

I Finally finished planting this week and replanting. We are about 30 days behind on planting this year on beans because of the wet weather so this week when it finally got dry enough to go we ran hard, harder then normal. I rented a new piece of land this year near the lake with a lot of homes around and most of them are moving here from the big city to retire. Normally I try not to run near some ones house late at night but with it getting late in the season I decided to keep planting the other evening. At 11:45 pm I am getting ready to pull out of the field with the planter when a deputy sheriff pulls up. It turns out we know each other as we drink coffee at the same coffee shop. He tells me the people in the house had called and complained about me working so late. He said there was nothing against the law about working so late but he was wondering if I was about to quit for the evening. I told him yes as I had just finished that field. I hope I don't offend anyone on here but it makes me mad when city people move to the country and complain about the farmers in the area. Rural living is a lot different from city living and you had better get used to it or move back to the city. I am sorry that the cow manure stinks it is manure it is supposed to stink. The cows have lived here longer then you. And I am sorry if I kept you up one night out of the whole year. I am sure the city is loud every night. Just me venting

Wait until it is nice and dry and you harvest that crop. The dust will get them calling again. You gonna fertilize it, too?

 

[charlz]

They are probably just spoiled since Ag is a quiet neighbor 98% of the year. I almost surrounded by cropland and prefer that any day to being surrounded by development. The crop dusting at 4am is a bit annoying.... those planes have some _serious_ lighting.... just waking up you'd think you were getting ready to have your own 'Close Encounter'. I'd really prefer that the crop dust during the day.... but only so I can watch! Some of the maneuvers they have to do gets _my_ adrenalin going!