Category: Farm Photos

Before and After a Little Moisture

Hazelnut harvest is always a harvest that is either super muddy or super dusty…there is no middle ground, usually. Except when we started last week, it has rained a little and there was just enough moisture in the soil to keep the dust down but not make anything muddy. 

Here is the difference, this photo is the start of the day when the moisture was perfect…

  
And here is later in the day when the ground was all dried out again…

  
Trusts me, dust is always better than mud during nut harvest, but wow it was sure nice to enjoy some “perfect” harvesting conditions of only for a few hours!

Happy Friday! Stay tuned for some harvest videos and photos on Monday!

Life on “Just a Crop Farm”

Many people ask me what kind of animals do you have on your farm? And I always answer back with a less excited response of,”Oh, we just have a crop farm.”

But I can assure you that even though dogs are the only animals on our farm, we have plenty of things to keep us all entertained. For instance Hoot has learned how to give 4wheeler rides to his cousins!  

He is patiently still riding with dad on the tractor until he can reach the pedals himself! 

 
And finally when things get really boring, he just rides Yukon around. 

 So in the end, a farm life on “just a crop” farm may not be so bad after all!