redvette54

Getting close, hubby's parents still farm about 400 acres. He helps them and also another farmer closer to home, plus has a regular full time job. He worries I'll get lonely during harvest, gives me more time to sew after work. I love Fall, my favorite season.

Jim's Gem

Fruits and veggies are harvested here year round. The strawberries are done, not yet tomato time or corn time. Lemons and oranges are year round almost. Lots of folks are harvesting Avocados. There is lettuce and celery harvested all the time. too early for the peppers, we have had a cold summer!!!

dsb38327

Nice post. Thank you. Gave me a little bit of being back home for a minute. You can take the girl out of the country but you can not take the country out of the girl.

oksewglad

Here in NE Iowa livestock farmers are chopping corn for silage, our guys included. One local farmer's corn was already too dry for chopping. DIL uncle's corn was 19% moisture last week. OBTW we usually chop corn the second week of September, depending on how many days of maturity the corn is. What a difference from last year when it never did get dry enough.

erstan947

Soy beans and corn are in here. Cotton is all that is left to harvest.

CRH

Here in Nebraska they are predicting picking some corn in 2-3 weeks. We had a wet Spring and the corn was put in at all different times, but seems that most will still be ready about the same time. Farmers had much less irrigating to do because rains came often and at strategic times (with only a few scattered areas of hail damage this year, for a change). So the pivots are off and the pipe is being picked up for this year.

The soy bean leaves are just now showing a change in color, so don't know how long they will be. (Wheat was cut the first week in July.)

We've only had 2 tomatoes ripen in our garden so far, but hoping for more soon.

(PS - the ragweed is healthy this year!!!!!!! :cry: )

Mimito2

Yesterday our hay crop was mowed for the second harvest this year. Those big round bales make great "spiders" for Halloween. (wrap in black plastic, put corrugated black drainage pipe in for legs and add 2 white pumpkins on top for eyes) I never get any Trick-or-Treaters. Wonder Why?

C.Cal Quilt Girl

That's funny timing just noticed yesterday the road conyons are coming down, Corn coming down for silage, long days for the guys, seems like alfalfa almost year round here, w/5-6 cuttings but the prices are low, lots sent in from other areas. Only thing is when they defoliate the cotton and planes w/ the yuckey stuff.
The best time for all else with all the fresh fruits and farm goodies. Yum
I also appreciate all those who work in the fields !! :)

C.Cal Quilt Girl

That sounds cute!! :lol:

May in Jersey

Nice big juicy Jersey Beefsteak tomatoes and sweet white corn right now. DH and I had a great BLT sandwich for lunch this afternoon. Haven't liked the Jersey peaches I've bought this summer, not juicy at all just mealy.

Zucchini and eggplant were plentiful in the farm market last week, made a great zucchini pie for dinner. Not a sweet pie, an impossible Bisquick pie that is more like a fritta. We love it with slices of beefsteak tomates and maybe some fried Italian pepper, the long green ones, on the side. Wouldn't hurt to have a link of Italian sausage too. May in Jersey