View of the day-The only obstacle in the field that Marilyn had to go around. They're everywhere.
Wow. What a wind.
We had hopes of finishing the
canola, so we got out to the field, serviced and got right down to
business. Al had a load to take in and
we needed to ponder on how we were going to strategically park the General to tarp
it with the gale force wind that increased as the day wore on.
Marilyn had been going up and back on the ¾ mile swaths and had dumped at the south end of every round. We figured we could make use of the oil tanks that were at the north end of the field, so we got everything shifted to the other end and Marilyn continued combining. Because of the way it worked out, Marilyn had to top the General off, so that mean parking so Al could get the tarp rolled without the wind taking it to parts unknown.
We had lots of neighbours again…she’s full bore harvesting now…and between the oil trucks and the combines on the road, there is no end of action. And dust everywhere.
The wind didn’t die down and fortunately the canola had been swathed north and south, so the wind wasn’t bothering it at all, which was really nice. Al kept hopping between the tractor and General…it was another nine load day for him.
Marilyn combined 123 acres today…left
a lonely 30 acres to finish the field tomorrow.
We knew it would be the wee hours of the morning if we tried to finish,
so we called it an early night…relatively speaking…and shut down at 9:30pm.
The weather is going to be hot and windy for the next couple days with no sign of rain.
Perfect harvest weather…
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