We have been getting a little rain around here and it was just enough to knock down the beautiful clover and start making them turn a bit on the mature side. So if you got out and were one of the 10 cars that stopped on the side of the road by our house this weekend…you’re timing was impeccable!
Dad made a great find while out walking around looking at the fields with me and Yukon…
Yup…our lucky day! Just in case you can’t see it…there are 4 leaves on that clover 🙂
This was a week ago…
Just about full bloom….
Almost there….more to come!
The Filberts (aka Hazelnuts) fall naturally on to the ground. No need to shake the “L” out of them (Almond Joke)
The nuts are put into rows between the trees, using a sweeper.
The harvester drive right over the rows while making lots of dust to pick up the filberts.
Dirty view from the side, that mess is being made by a large fan that cleans the nuts as they go through the harvester.
Really dusty view of the harvester, looking back from the tractor…
More pictures to be posted with the rest of the story later today!
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