Photo Friday, Neighbors at Work

Well I’m not 100% back, more like a solid 52%.  But even that is up for debate (wow babies take a lot of time!).

But my thoughtful neighbors sent me some photos to throw up on my blog since I haven’t been very diligent about taking photos of all the millions of things that are going on around our farms these days!  More like millions of photos of our little baby Hoot, I’ll throw a few of those in below as well!!

These are courtesy of Brentano Farms.  They are out in their baby filbert (hazelnut) orchards scraping the ground.

20140624_093722_resizedWe have to have very flat orchard floors since the hazelnuts, when harvested, are picked up off the ground.

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Even small indents can hold nuts just low enough that the harvester will go right over them.

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And as you can see the crop is coming along very nicely.  These nuts will be harvested this fall.

20140624_093512_resizedAnd for what I’ve been up to…

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The good news though…I taught Yukon how to babysit while I’m at the farm!

20140627-065417-24857211.jpg**Thanks to Dan, Tessa & Remi for taking care of my blog photos this week!

Club Med…at the Farm

Welcome to Cow Club Med of Oregon (AKA my parent’s backyard at the farm)

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As you can see it’s a lovely destination including an all you eat buffet of only the freshest greens. And yes, they accept “pies” as payment for your stay!

Sunny Weekend Before the Rain

We worked hard all weekend and finally at the end of Sunday evening we headed off the farm and took our ’31 Model A hot rod out for a ride.

Here’s a photo of the car before the parade last year…

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After a long weekend of spraying, planting and ground work it was sure nice to enjoy a bit of that sunshine and sunset.20140324-085054.jpg

Here’s a video, it’s not amazing but it’s kind of cool. It’s taken heading down Mahony Road just before you get to our farm.

So now we start again this morning. Everyone going ten different directions, they are still calling for rain tomorrow!