BrownAcres, Author at Brown Acres Custom Harvesting

A week in October

Mick & I have been putting lots of miles on between ND & SD moving headers and finishing up our own soybeans. Max started preschool this month so the kids and I will continue to go back and forth until we are done combining sunflowers. We finished up the corn harvest in SD on Friday and started sunflowers in SD on Monday. It was so windy on Wednesday in SD we had to shut down.Brett loves carrying the corn cobs around. Our typical farm boys love playing on the tractor tires whenever its parked.We had a buck and doe walking back and forth in the field just a few rows over from the combine. There are so many deer in the corn! We found a big bull moose about 20 miles southeast of our farm Monday night, of course I only had my cell phone for a camera.We finished up our soybeans at home on Tuesday.

I made some more Peach Salsa, a lot of chopping but it is so good!We had roasted delicata squash on Tuesday night. I found it at the farmers market in Pierre, SD. It is supposed to be a mix between butternut squash and sweet potatoes. It was very good I wish I had more – the kids loved it!Our sunrise at home on Wednesday.We had a great fall skillet for supper on Wednesday with chicken and apple sausage (Sam’s Club), bacon, onions, sweet potatoes, mushrooms and tomatoes on top of spaghetti squash.

This morning we had some deer enjoying some spilled soybeans as our dogs stayed curled up enjoying their warm bed. We are under a winter storm warning today, so far we have only had a much-needed rain.

The Corn Harvest Begins

We went to Pierre, SD yesterday. I went to the local farmers’ market and found some peaches, tomatoes, squash and cantaloupe. I like to buy from the locals if possible and help support other farmers. We stopped at Wal-mart later for a few items and were provided with a good laugh, the sign above the eggs said:

Attn: Wal-mart shoppers
due to homecoming week
you must be 18 to purchase eggs.

We moved all the equipment to the field last night and started harvesting corn today. There are so many pheasants and deer on the sides of the road around here. They are hard to see with all the dust on the roads. It has been such a dry summer a lot of the crops don’t look very good. The corn cobs fall of the stalks if you barely touch them.Today it was very windy we had corn stalks flying at us in the campground. The kids were not able to play outside due to the wind so everyone is very rambunctious.

I think the next picture is a school in Harrold, SD. The left side above the door says boys entrance and the right is the girls entrance.

On the Road…Again

What a blur this summer has been!We finished swimming lessons in August. Max moved to the next level! He has learned so much and gained a lot of confidence.

We finished harvesting our flax last week and are preparing to leave to our next job in Harrold, SD about 34 miles northeast of Pierre, SD. We have corn and sunflowers to harvest early next week.

I have been busy canning as much as possible and trying to keep up with everything else. We haven’t had any days off so we’ve been eating a lot of meals in the field. I have made freezer corn, several new recipes of pickles, relishes, crab apple jelly, tomato and peach salsa, and canned tomatoes. August is usually our busiest month it feels like all I do is run in circles. It’s been so dry here I’ve been dragging hoses all over the yard for our garden and newly planted apple and plum trees. The garden is coming to an end and we should have frost by the weekend. I normally would cover my plants and try to get a few more weeks but since we are leaving I will be pulling everything today and try to finish up with the canning by tomorrow.