Harvest

Last week, with all the chaos of Cutie’s bottle jaw and mixing goats, they came and harvested my beans!

Of course, they showed up just as the sun went down.  I need to talk to them about combining when the light is better for pictures.  LOL

The fence looked good.

Actually, no matter what time of day they harvested, I was very happy to have that done.

It was a really rough year for farming, and I wasn’t even sure I was going to have a harvest for a large part of the summer.

It wasn’t a record harvest, that’s for sure, but it will help pay the bills.

Sunset on the Growing Season

Our growing season is winding down for crops.  That is largely due to the drought.

we are back to moderate drought; the whole state is getting worse

Everything is ahead, which typically is not good news for harvest.  I shared after our last rain (yeah, it’s been a long while since we had any rain) that my soybeans finally set pods.

from August 13th

I hadn’t checked them for a while, so I went out Friday evening.

My plants are still green!

They have beans in the pods!  I wasn’t sure they would fill out, but I am feeling pretty lucky right now.

A couple of fields just a mile north of me look like they are not even going to have a harvest, and that’s due to hail damage.

sunset over the soybean field

It’s just been a horrible growing year.  I’ll be glad to see it done.

Freezing Corn

My sweet corn was finally ready to pick and freeze.  I brought home about four dozen ears.

The first thing I had to do was give one to my dog.

He was so happy for it that I could hardly even get a picture.

He was thrilled to get it.  I had to make sure he didn’t steal more after I gave him one.

The ears were a little small, but they were really clean–not a single bug or worm.

When I got done husking it, the goats also got to enjoy a treat.

Cupid

Then I blanched it, cut it off the cob and put it in freezer bags.

It will make some good eating this winter.