Soybean Harvest

Peter helped out bringing some soybeans in for a day when one of the regular helpers was ill. He rarely gets a chance to help with the soybeans, as they are usually all harvested by the time he gets back in October. This year the harvest has been very delayed because of the wet conditions.

This is corn in the upper part of the picture and soybeans in the lower half.

It was a beautiful day,with hardly a cloud in the sky.

The combine has a head that is changed out from soybeans to corn.

The hopper on the combine gets filled and the auger is pulled over the grain cart (that is what Peter drives, it is attached to a tractor that pulls it)

Every time I see either corn or soybeans flowing into the grain cart like this, I think of it as liquid gold.

These are soybeans on the vine. The combine separates the bean from the pod.

Soybeans on the ground. You can see how full the plants are with beans.

They are harvesting corn now, which I have done a blog on a few times in years past.

I have pictures to share, just haven't downloaded them from my camera. We have been busy with chores around the house, washed windows, sorted out some boxes, nothing too exciting. We have had some beautiful weather for the last couple of days. I have cut down all of the perennials and harvested the last 2 cabbages from the garden. Peter cleaned the gutters on the shop (the house has gutter guards). It feels good to get so much done.

Peter is back to the fields today. The farmer he helps has been pulling in the last of the soybeans and he doesn't need as much help with beans as corn. It has been nice having Peter around the house, but I have been working daily, so it is also hard.

One Foot in Front of the Other

Sunshine, finally sunshine. The farmers will be back in the fields today, trying to catch up. It is still cold, highs only in the 40s and today we have a wind. The wind will help dry things up.

We went shopping for bar stools on Sunday. What a waste of time. We have a few things we want, upholstered seat, arms, wood stool and kind of simple styling, nothing ornate. How hard is that? There is a store up on the Cities that we did look at, but not when we were looking for stools in earnest, so we will go back there again when we get back up to the Cities. We just might have to compromise on what we want.

This is my life right now, nothing exciting. Just work and the mundane. Nothing exciting coming up, either.

No Title

Work is getting more complicated, long hours during the week, with wrap up and review on the weekend. It has been months since I have had two days off over a weekend that I have not done at least a little bit for work. Part of the reason behind that is that we have not had very nice weather. It has been cold and rainy for weeks and weeks. Not whining, just stating the facts. It is easy to gravitate towards the computer and get lost in emails and reports when it is nasty outside.

We did spend a bit of time in the yard yesterday, even though it was a bit wet. I had to get the summer bulbs and tubers out that cannot overwinter. We did that, but the leaves and stems are so wet that we weren't able to get them packed away. We have everything laid out on the garage floor. We will pack them up when, or if, the leaves ever dry. As far as the rest of the garden, there was no way we were going to cut down perennials or pull vegetable plants out of the gardens, because it is so wet. Unless we get a period of time soon that is warmer and dryer, we won't get that done until spring. That is fine, it just means more work during the busy spring.

We actually did something social on Friday and went over to a friend's house for dinner with 2 other couples. It has been so long since we have done anything other than work or hanging around the house and it sure felt good. We watched concert videos, talked smart and ate and drank too much. It was fun. I realized on the way there that I didn't have pictures of the wedding, so my son emailed me a few and I shared them on my BlackBerry. The new way of sharing pictures. It worked, but it would have been nice if I had pulled together an album. Shame on me.