September 15, 2009

View of the day-Kim opens up the field of barley and Marilyn follows him through the 80+ bu/ac crop. We're keeping the truckers busy.

The perfect harvesting day...once we got rolling. We had fog first thing and the humidity with no wind made working outside rather sticky.

We got the pickup head parts put on and after parking it in the grass, put the straight header on and got it ready to move north a few miles to try some barley. Al drove the combine, Kim took his semi and Marilyn drove the cart up to the field, then Al cut a test. Marg brought us lunch out, gave us a ride back to the yard, then took the sample to work with her to test it...it was close enough to go in the air bin. The second trip Al took the General, Kim his combine and Marilyn followed in the pickup.

Kim started opening the field and Marilyn followed until the semi was full, then Al took over combining and Kim and his dad Bob, did the trucking. Al was getting spoiled driving Kim's combine because he has a 36ft draper head...a bit different all around...6 ft wider than ours and a different delivery system. Al is sure if Marilyn tries it she will want one...so she is staying put in our own machine.

Marg brought us a quick snack out to the field then we carried on until dark...and everything was full. What a gorgeous evening it turned out to be and the weather is supposed to hold for the rest of the week, which means we should cover a lot of ground if everything works as it has been so far.

Now, if only the pesky little fruit flies, no-see-ums and flea beetles would leave us alone...