by Jill | Sep 28, 2013 | Farm
Now that harvest is over, I thought I am finally able to relax and take my time eating breakfast. Yesterday, though, our neighbor phoned and informed us that we had a cow that died overnight. Our neighbor was very worked up over the dead cow, and I decided to go calm...
by Jill | Sep 26, 2013 | Harvest In Pictures 2013
Well, finally, at last, the time as come! Another harvest in the books bins. Last night at 6 pm the last swath of canola went through the combine! Our harvest is complete. We are very grateful that the weather held. We had a few rain showers over the weekend and...
by Jill | Sep 25, 2013 | Harvest In Pictures 2013
We are still at work on the canola, but there is light at the end of the long, dark, tunnel! Last night my father-in-law figured he only had 4-5 hours left today and then we’d be done. Having one combine instead of two, has really made for a long, drawn out...
by Jill | Sep 24, 2013 | Harvest In Pictures 2013
Yesterday the guys continued on the canola. It is still very slow going.During harvest, the geese begin to make their southern migration. The fields around here are inundated with geese gathering and eating the chaff from the harvested field. Last night, the honks...
by Jill | Sep 23, 2013 | Harvest In Pictures 2013
Yesterday we were still working on the canola…still… It seems that the last field (or crop in this case) always takes the longest. If the one combine wasn’t broke down we would be done. Hopefully tomorrow our main combine will be fixed, and then...
