Hurry Up and Wait…

We finally finished up our third crop harvest.

1. Peas
2. Crimson Clover Seed
3. Perennial Ryegrass Seed

So after a month of beautiful weather, we finished grass harvest and hurried up to get the wheat header on, get the combine all cleaned up and set out to harvest some wheat…and then the weather changed.  It went from blue skies over the crop like this…

2013-07-25_19-45-05_1402013-07-25_19-46-13_476To a view more like this…with a wheat truck parked, patiently waiting for some sunshine.

2013-08-02_06-03-22_371I’m not complaining, this has been about the best weather a farmer could ask for the past month, so having to hurry up and wait this one time…no problem here!

2013-08-02_06-59-26_148And while other parts of the country are nervous about drones…we get to look at beautiful hot air balloons on nice calm mornings like this! Hope everyone has a wonderful end of the week and weekend!

More Field Pictures

We’re still thick into perennial ryegrass seed harvest!  You all better plan to re-seed your lawn this year…because boy do we have some seed for you!

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A view from the top of a full seed truck.

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A view from the seat of the combine.

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A view of Yukon’s really tough harvest life!  (Notice large bag of his lunch next to mine)

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And the final view we see every night after a 15 hour day.

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Happy Photo Friday!

Sorry! Now for Life in the Fields…

Last night’s post was supposed to be for photo Friday….darn smart phone was being dumb!!

Let’s try this again!

Life in the field…2013-07-18_16-08-38_745
On a bright sunny day…

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Isn’t all that bad…but the view at the end of a long harvest day…

2013-07-18_20-44-29_566Breathtaking every time!

2013-07-18_20-46-36_182Especially when you get to look this good!

2013-07-18_20-48-45_567Time to clean up combines for the day and head for the barn!