Farm Archives - Page 6 of 14 - Brown Acres Custom Harvesting

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.

Peaches & Sophie — How is that comfortable? They have a procedure for getting in. If Sophie is in first Peaches seems to demand Sophie to get out so she can get in and have her favorite spot.

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.