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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

WOYWW #227

It's Wednesday and that means time to post What's On My Workdesk Wednesday...you can get all the info from sweet Julia's blog  STAMPING GROUND  if you want to participate.

My desk has not changed one bit from last week. I've been out enjoying the fall weather, riding my bike, walking, taking my DH from field one to field two, three, or four depending where he can get the best yields to harvest.

So thought I'd share a few outside FARMING pictures with you today, Julia thought it interesting last week.
No one lives on the farmstead across the way, this is a field of corn north of our home stubbles left from already picked corn and what remains to be done in far ground.  He switched from beans to corn fields as we had some heavy rain and storms and bean fields are too wet yet to finish harvesting.


To the left is my DH on his combine which picks corn or combines beans, when the top hopper is full he empties it into the wagons. Sometimes if product is dry enough he hauls it direct to the town Co-op to sell or store there until the prices are right. You can see our garage in the background and attached is our home to the south.
If product has too much moisture he unloads the wagon here, where it is somewhat dried and augured up to the top to put in the bin to store until he wants to haul it to town to sell. He would rather take it direct to town. But if product is too wet he gets docked on price.
 The cows and calves to the west of this field were watching me pretty close. When the field my husband is working in is done, he will turn the cattle into it to clean up the corn. They love to be in a wide open space and beller loudly to let you know they want to be there NOW. He puts up an electric fence to keep them confined to that area.

My other project outdoors was filling this little weathered shed with outside lawn furniture, decor from the yard for  winter keeping.  I loaded pumpkins up and brought them to the garage before the storms game and gave some to my family and have several big ones to take top my grandkids very soon. I had a post about pumpkins,  http://littletreasures-sylvia.blogspot.com/2013/10/pumpkins.html ,

AND our trip to GERMANY  http://littletreasures-sylvia.blogspot.com/2013/10/our-germany-vacation-2013.html  here. This was a time consuming post another reason not to be creating this week.

Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful week. and Enjoy your WOYWW visits.

17 comments:

Francesca said...

You and your husband must be very busy this time of the year with the harvest etc.Have a lovely time in Germany. Francesca #32

ddazzled71 said...

Loved your post today Sylvia its always great to read about others lives and your photos and explanations about everything on the farm was very educational for me being a ex-city girl. Your post on the pumpkins for your Grandkids and your holiday pics were great too! Have a great week! Danie #16

Annie said...

I love your outdoor creative space pics this week. You are so very much in the hands of nature out there aren't you? I have always lived with fields and nature around me and love watching how farmers adapt to the weather.
Hugs,
A x # 46

Anonymous said...

You must indeed be busy, but I doubt it is limited to this time of year only! A farmer's work is never done. I love the little shed next to the tree/ weathered shed - is it a play thing? Or for decoration? Anyway, it looks cute!
Debbie #53

ria gall said...

Hi Sylvia
farming is hard work and takes up a lot of time so I am surprised that you manage to make time for crafting but good on you for being able to do it.
We all need somewhere to go or something to do to give ourselves a break
Happy WOYWW and wishing you a great week
Ria #50

Kay Hammock said...

Hi Sylvia,

I love cows; I love the smell of cows. Although I am not crazy about the smell of dairies!

It sounds like you have been very busy. I need to go to your post about your trip to Germany. I bet you had a great time!

Thanks for stopping by already.
Happy WOYWW
Peace, Kay (19)

Elizabeth said...

Lovely post, Sylvia, you transported me to your part of the world with your super photographs and descriptions of the harvest. Thanks for sharing. Have a good week. Elizabeth x #41

Twiglet said...

Great photos - what a busy place it is. x Jo

The Taming of the Glue said...

What a busy time for you both, no wonder you haven't had much time to craft! Hugs. Pam#37

Winnie said...

Hi! Thanks for the kind visit today via Pinterest! Glad you liked my room! I I never want to leave it! Funny how we are both WOYWW'ers and found each other that way! Enjoyed your post! I am in NYC so I have fantasties of living on a farm or a ranch. I watch the PIoneer woman each week as I love to see the life outside the city. Your farm looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!!

Lunch Lady Jan said...

Well, that was a lovely trip around your farm!! So interesting to see that your farming system works almost exactly like it does around my village, except on a much bigger scale!!
I really enjoyed your Germany pics too! Goodness but you did some mileage. You must have been exhausted. Well done to your Grand daughters for being so good x
Hugs, LLJ 44 xx

Geri Meftah Art said...

You are living on a farm.That really interest me.

I found you because you left nice words om my http://kleurrijkaquarellen.blogspot.nl/

I will come now and then and look what you are telling about your life and the farm.
Have a nice weekend
Geri

sandra de said...

Hello, what a lovely insight into your day to day life. It looks like a lot of very dedicated work. Thanks for sharing and wishing you a lovely week.
Sandra

VonnyK said...

I loved your post, it's fab to see life on the farm. I've always wanted a cow but we live on 1/4 of an acre so not enough, guess our chickens will have to do. I can imagine the cows yelling to get into the corn field. Sorry I'm so late we have been out every day.
Have a great week,
Von #55

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

wonderful post Sylvia and thanks so much for popping over Shaz in oz.x #12

Audrey Pettit said...

What a great post, Sylvia! Love to see these shots of your farm life. I have family that farms in Minnesota, so this makes me nostalgic for my treasured, but few, visits to the farm. :)

Dorthe said...

Dear Sylvia, thank you so much for your kind comment on my blog- so sweet of you.
It seems you and your husbond have a rather big area of fields with different corns and other things growing- what wonderful photoes !!You know I live on the farmside ,too- and have fields around me ,everywhere!- we just sold the main part of the field land belonging to our property, but can still se the harvesting opposite the street where we live !!- I wish you a happy sunday ,and thankyou again for your kind words.
xo, Dorthe