August 5, 2010

View of the day-Woohoo, we finally got going again!

We had high hopes for the day and for a change those hopes became reality...and Marilyn can get off suicide watch.

We had lunch in the camper before going out to take a test at 1pm. We took it to the elevator in Gettysburg...it tested 15% moisture...they would not take it unless we brought in a test that was 13.5% or less. Al decided to run it 10 miles east to Lebanon to see if the elevator there would take it. It tested the same there, but they told us to cut a load...it was a good drying day, so the load would probably be lower by the time we had the truck filled.

The farmers we are working for leave it up to Al to find someplace to haul the grain, which gives him more stress than just from the fact that the grain isn't dry. No competition in Gettysburg means they won't work with the farmer...or ours, at least...Lebanon would take it 15% or under...Gettysburg 14% or under. Guess where we went?

We were able to finish one short 80 acre piece, then Marilyn moved across the road to make a couple of rounds on the next 80. Once again the humidity started to climb as the sun went down, so we couldn't get our 100 acres in for the day...90 would be close enough. After all, we wouldn't want to overdo it, would we?

If you want to have a "Reader's Digest" version of our season, check out the article Marilyn wrote in the Yorkton This Week newspaper...