Gotta love it…the corn is in, and now winter can come.
We’re a Deere family, too…My Grandad sold them and worked on them, from mowers up to combines…
Which reminds me – the grandson needs a John Deere cap for Christmas!
Of course you cannot get a real John Deere cap unless you BUY the tractor, John is such a Baby he won’t even wear his (might get dirty!) and our tractor is not big, I park mine in the garage next to my car!! c
But, Darling, I DO have one…probably about the size of yours. Right now, there’s a wood chipper on the back, and in two weeks, the snow plow will be on the front…
Sorry to say this C, but that’s not a garden!! Oh my, your domains are huge…
Loved the photos, but I will like to see one with you on it (inside the harvester, that is 😉 )
i was sat in the harvester for a bit, and it is huge.. and yes the gardens are not in the field! Though if I have my way we will keep creeping out there and taking over! c
I prefer to BE the garden gnome. I’m weird enough to draw plenty of attention that way without any help from any shrimpy concrete guys–just take a gander at my gardening techniques! 😉
No not the snow.. too early! Poor gnomies.. the corn is the part of the farms that I have nothing to do with so far, it is my boundary if you like, though my aim is to take it over and put it into grass for lots of Daisys!!! (evil laughter) . Time will tell.. I am a pretty determined wee thing.. c
I was wondering when you’d start the combine. When I was home 2 weeks ago, a few of the farmers were just beginning to clear their corn fields. Much of their attention had been focused on harvesting sugar beets. Watching a combine in action is really something to see. Operating one, I imagine, would grow pretty tiresome after, say, the 3rd 180* turn.
The combine that I was in yesterday is operated by satellite, it runs down the row, guided by the satellite, beeps, farmer turns then sits back and has another sleep until another beep tells him to tun again. He also has a big screen that is telling him the moisture content and fertiliser needs, and bushels per acre. and other random and awfully dull information. All as it is being mowed down. he can do 100 acres a day. These guys are not going to give up in a hurry. This is very big business. Because my animals do not eat corn I actually mix them beet shreds every morning. Maybe from your farmers!! c
Satellite guided? 100 acres a day? Those things must cost a fortune. Big business, indeed! In the ’90s, the sugar beets all went to a local Nutrasweet (aspartane) plant. I think it may have closed and I’ve no idea where they’re shipped to now.
the beet shreds are a by product of a plant like that. (nutrasweet, that IS interesting) . and yes these machines cost hundreds of thousands, i have millions of dollars of someone else’s equipment hooning around Uncles field this morning, they are discing now as well. These tenant farmers are in so deep to the dealerships and the seed companies they could not pull out of corn and beans. The equipment is crop specific. Though I spent quite some time trying to convince the farmer to plant sunflowers yesterday!! Think of it! a field of sunflowers, the bees would die of excitement. c
Ah what wonderful pictures. Such a beautiful perspective of the fields just going on. I find looking at it all very calming – even among what I imagine is a lot of harvesting noise – from over in a big city. Happy weekend!
mm The fields are enormous Saffron. and you are right about the noise, the combines, tractors pulling trailers, semis. trucks, all thundering across the field. Then they dry the corn in the big silos/bins and they are horrendously noisy, and on every property except ours. We do not use corn at all. Hard to be GM free when we are surrounded in it but I do try.. c
I was allowed to sit in the passenger seat for a bit with my camera Cindy, if I promised not to give the lecture against big mono industrial GM farming destroying the land and its culture! haha, c
Beautiful photos all! It felt like I was there and could hear that machine rumbling and rambling through the fields. I love that you live in such a rustic place…
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70 responses to “The Corn Harvest”
Gotta love it…the corn is in, and now winter can come.
We’re a Deere family, too…My Grandad sold them and worked on them, from mowers up to combines…
Which reminds me – the grandson needs a John Deere cap for Christmas!
Of course you cannot get a real John Deere cap unless you BUY the tractor, John is such a Baby he won’t even wear his (might get dirty!) and our tractor is not big, I park mine in the garage next to my car!! c
But, Darling, I DO have one…probably about the size of yours. Right now, there’s a wood chipper on the back, and in two weeks, the snow plow will be on the front…
I hope we don’t need it before then!
Oh you do! excellent.. I love my chipper.. aren’t they great machines!.. and yes No snow yet!!! fingers crossed! c
Is all of that land yours? That is the biggest garden I’ve ever ever seen! My nose is twitching just looking at the dust. t
No that is the field.. and that is Johns Uncles land, which is right beside our house! the gardens are right up to it! c
Very cool. Looks like a good crop!
Actually they tell me it is good this year, but you know farmers.. moan moan moan! c
Sorry to say this C, but that’s not a garden!! Oh my, your domains are huge…
Loved the photos, but I will like to see one with you on it (inside the harvester, that is 😉 )
i was sat in the harvester for a bit, and it is huge.. and yes the gardens are not in the field! Though if I have my way we will keep creeping out there and taking over! c
Hi Cecilia. Most people have gnomes! lol! Fantastic photos.
Regards Florence x
i know about those gnomes..! Do you have a gnome.. I quite fancy having a gnome! c
I prefer to BE the garden gnome. I’m weird enough to draw plenty of attention that way without any help from any shrimpy concrete guys–just take a gander at my gardening techniques! 😉
I love it when someone steals a thread!!! Well done kathryn.. so when are you going to show us your gardening techniques! sans le G-nomie! c
Yes definitely a picture tells a thousand words. I got a sense of what the prairie is like by looking at your images.
Vast! for sure… It must have been magnificent when it was a grass prairie.. c
Very pretty! I envy you your wide-open spaces. Especially love the little bird sillhouette on the feeder.
My feeder has seen better days but is still a popular place to hang out.. c
Oh, boy, this is one serious farm. I do not think it was clear to me before this post 🙂
Great photos!
My gnomes will have to get inside, it will snow tomorrow…
No not the snow.. too early! Poor gnomies.. the corn is the part of the farms that I have nothing to do with so far, it is my boundary if you like, though my aim is to take it over and put it into grass for lots of Daisys!!! (evil laughter) . Time will tell.. I am a pretty determined wee thing.. c
Celi, that is seriously cool. “A combine harverster in my garden..” 🙂
I should have written a combine harvester in the bottom of the garden, I think I have caused some confusion. But yup! There she is.. c
I was wondering when you’d start the combine. When I was home 2 weeks ago, a few of the farmers were just beginning to clear their corn fields. Much of their attention had been focused on harvesting sugar beets. Watching a combine in action is really something to see. Operating one, I imagine, would grow pretty tiresome after, say, the 3rd 180* turn.
The combine that I was in yesterday is operated by satellite, it runs down the row, guided by the satellite, beeps, farmer turns then sits back and has another sleep until another beep tells him to tun again. He also has a big screen that is telling him the moisture content and fertiliser needs, and bushels per acre. and other random and awfully dull information. All as it is being mowed down. he can do 100 acres a day. These guys are not going to give up in a hurry. This is very big business. Because my animals do not eat corn I actually mix them beet shreds every morning. Maybe from your farmers!! c
Satellite guided? 100 acres a day? Those things must cost a fortune. Big business, indeed! In the ’90s, the sugar beets all went to a local Nutrasweet (aspartane) plant. I think it may have closed and I’ve no idea where they’re shipped to now.
the beet shreds are a by product of a plant like that. (nutrasweet, that IS interesting) . and yes these machines cost hundreds of thousands, i have millions of dollars of someone else’s equipment hooning around Uncles field this morning, they are discing now as well. These tenant farmers are in so deep to the dealerships and the seed companies they could not pull out of corn and beans. The equipment is crop specific. Though I spent quite some time trying to convince the farmer to plant sunflowers yesterday!! Think of it! a field of sunflowers, the bees would die of excitement. c
Ah what wonderful pictures. Such a beautiful perspective of the fields just going on. I find looking at it all very calming – even among what I imagine is a lot of harvesting noise – from over in a big city. Happy weekend!
mm The fields are enormous Saffron. and you are right about the noise, the combines, tractors pulling trailers, semis. trucks, all thundering across the field. Then they dry the corn in the big silos/bins and they are horrendously noisy, and on every property except ours. We do not use corn at all. Hard to be GM free when we are surrounded in it but I do try.. c
It’s great that you keep to it, which I’m sure is not easy among all the farms and their, let’s call them, opinions. 🙂
A picture does say a thousand words and these photos look absolutely amazing. You’ve captured the right lighting on some of these as well. Love it
The light out here on the plains sparkles at this time of year Kay.. very cool.. c
I also want to see a pic of you riding on it! Love the bird feeder 🙂
I was allowed to sit in the passenger seat for a bit with my camera Cindy, if I promised not to give the lecture against big mono industrial GM farming destroying the land and its culture! haha, c
Beautiful photos all! It felt like I was there and could hear that machine rumbling and rambling through the fields. I love that you live in such a rustic place…
I love it here too Smidge, John has been here all his life so he is not quite as aware as we are of how lovely it is.. in all its barreness.. c
Lovely photos, C. I think my kids need a bird feeder!
Great idea, the bird feeder is a constant source of entertainment for my nephew.. c