Harvest is under way! Levi was ready for his combine ride as soon as I got home from work! He packed some crackers and a water bottle in his cooler and was ready to hit the road.
He gladly hopped on with Grandpa and off they went!
I looked around a bit and was just about ready to drive off when...
I saw Noah coming up from behind me!
He was in full farmer gear complete with John Deere t-shirt, pliers, sunglasses and jeans with holes in them.
It was fun to stand on the road and chat with Noah while we watched the combine get closer.
Harvest this year isn't expected too great - a dry spring doesn't lend itself to a bountiful harvest. Yet, there is grain in the fields and the farmers will work tirelessly for the next 10 (or more) days to gather it all in.
Noah and Levi are used to riding along in the trucks when they bring wheat to the farm to store in our bins. But this year, because of the wheat futures markets, we're planning to haul all the wheat to the elevator.
On one hand, harvest is all about going as fast as you can to harvest the wheat while the weather holds. But on the other hand, it also allows time to hang out on the road, watch caterpillars crawl on you and check out the flowers growing in the ditches.
Levi wrapped up his ride and then we headed for home to see what Ben was up to.
He was busy baling brome just behind the farm.
Lucky for Levi, he got to go from combine to baler!
The boys and I joke about how the baler "poops out" bales. You know, boy humor, right?
Due to recent rains, there are lots of green shoots coming up through the just-swathed brome.
Oh, if only this photo had smell! Freshly baled brome has such a sweet scent.
The boys have days of harvest activity in front of them. Hopefully, the adults can keep up!
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