BrownAcres, Author at Brown Acres Custom Harvesting

Fire in Munich

We had a few days off from combining but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy. The guys have been hauling our barley to Taft, ND and we’ve been mowing, weeding and picking raspberries. I have been freezing the latest batches on pans then into zip top bags which seems to work quite well and will be mouth-watering in the middle of winter. Max had swimming lessons again this week so we’ve been running for that I can see improvement with each lesson.

Today we snuck off for a quick flight. The elevator in Munich, ND was on fire and we took a few pics.

Munich Elevator Fire.jpg — Munich, ND Elevator

Tomorrow we will be back to combining we will be doing durum for a neighbor.

Harvest at Home

This is a sunset we enjoyed as we were waiting for a pilot car in road construction on our way home. It took us 2 days to get home from South Dakota due to all the road construction.

What a busy couple of weeks it has been since we arrived home. Mick made 2 more trips back to South Dakota to retrieve equipment. Max had swimming lessons everyday for a week he even went off the diving board 4 out of 5 days. We start swimming lessons again this Monday. He has become a lot more comfortable with the water on his head. He has never liked water on his face or washing his hair in the tub and the lessons have helped him tremendously.

We have also been busy mowing, weeding, picking raspberries, checking fields, shampooing carpets, cleaning up equipment, preparing equipment for harvest at home, cleaning grain bins, laundry and unloading trailers. The camper still needs to be unloaded but for the most part we are ready to harvest at home.

Friday night I heard Peaches crying like she was hurt on the far side of our farm. We found her stuck under some poles on the ground out in the trees. She must have chased something in but was unable to get out. She was so scared. Mick dug a hole in the ground with a shovel and she was free and very excited to be out!

This is our barley field that was planted in April.

This is our flax field on the Canadian border.

Flax Flowers

I have made 2 batches of raspberry freezer jam and will attempt raspberry jelly next per Mick’s request. I’ve made many jellies but never raspberry, hopefully it turns out good. Freezer jam really can’t be beat as far as the fresh fruit taste.

Our barley was swathed earlier this week.

We started harvesting our barley today.

Heading for Home

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We finished up our last job on Monday and will be heading home in the morning! I can’t wait to take a shower without shutting the water off every few seconds to insure against ice-cold water for the final rinse. We will be busy moving equipment for a few days and will have lots to do when we do arrive home. I can’t even imagine what our poor neglected garden looks like, I’m sure it will require lots of attention. The kids and dogs will be happy to be home running and playing on the farm. Max has swimming lessons the first week we are home.