Central KS, Sept. 11, 2019. 11:28 a.m. Tips and suggestions for how to help farm gals reduce stress during the harvest and summer seasons. The Great Plains is in the thick of the corn harvest. We’re in the middle of a break between storms and the ground has finally dried off enough that farmers are…
Kansas Corn Kernels..
This last week was the end of corn harvest for some of the farmers around Central Kansas. If you’ve paid attention to any of the forecasts, you’ve probably heard about all of the rain we’ve been receiving here.. Which has made picking corn and sowing wheat a little bit difficult to do! Thankfully though, we received enough…
For Amber Waves of Grain…
Have you ever heard someone mention they think that they’re “jinxed”? How about someone saying that they are jinx? I’m guessing not! Funny thing is, that’s my nickname when I come tag along during harvest.. “Jinx”, because of how often things seem to break down as soon as I show up. (Not that I’m buying…
It Was Bean Harvest and I Completely Forgot…
I know, I know.. I’m so far behind with this post.. So I had two options: a) forget about it or b) go ahead and share some of the really fun pictures I got! (As you probably figured out, I went with option b!) Soybeans were being harvested here in Kansas awhile back and I…
Corn Harvest… and A Tornado?
I’ve been riding along during this corn harvest, taking a picture here, another one over there… And sometimes bugging whoever I’m around with my shutterbug tendencies! I did get to snatch a ride in the combine once.. But most of the time I camped out in the Peterbilt… Which happened to have a Blueberry Muffin…
The Harvest Is In!
While what the title says is true, it’s also a little false… Harvest (for who I was riding with) was finished over a week ago, but I still had to share a few of my favorite pictures! I rode in the grain truck mostly, so here’s what my view was a lot of the time:…
View From The Truck
In the past few days, I’ve been able to ride with friends while they were cutting corn. Most of the time, I was riding in a grain truck, but I did manage to hitch a ride in the combine once. Here are a few of my favorite pics from this corn harvest: The first day I rode,…
Wheat Harvest
This past week has marked not only the ending of wheat harvest for some of the folks around this area, but for some of my family too. Sadly, while riding with friends this time, I took very few pictures. (I know, you’re gasping right now, aren’t you?!) So, this post will probably be…
Soybean Harvest
Yesterday afternoon, some of our friends kindly let us come ride/hangout with them when they were cutting their last field of soybeans. Soybeans are dusty. Very, very dusty. If you have any sort of dust allergy or such, I wouldn’t recommend hanging around a bean field when it’s being cut. I don’t have any allergies…
Another Visit to the Cornfield!
We made it to the field again today! It wasn’t too hot, but there was a nice breeze to blow the dust in your face… Here’s some pics: Eek! We missed one!! I caught this pic while it was running down the road…Little blurry, but not bad! …