We've nearly finished harvesting corn and have moved on to soybeans. At the end of the school day, I grabbed the camera and headed out to the fields where the Big Guy was moving farm equipment.
The head of the combine is too wide to drive down roads and across bridges, so it has to be removed and transported separately. To remove it, the Big Guy lines up the combine with the parked wagon, then lowers the head (cutting bar) onto the supports:
He disconnects the hydraulics and releases the catches, leaving the head behind.
Using a large chain and binder, he secures the head to the wagon--which is especially necessary for traveling across the field, over gravel roads and uneven pavement.
A rare picture of the truck/wagon driver:
At the new field, the Big Guy reattaches the bean head:
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| Working with the hydraulics. |
And opens the field to make room for the semi truck, tractor and grain cart:
Matthew was home (smiley face) and drove the semi for the Big Guy over the weekend. He took a load of beans to the elevator 40 miles away and hauled grain to our grain bin facilities on the other side of town (too far to drive the cart).
While we were out moving equipment, Laura was home, practicing entomology and, note the stained hands, creativity.
With charcoal from our fire ring, she made paint for her sign, peeled and hung up black walnuts to dry (see stained hands above),
and created a new fort in the backyard.
We're enjoying so many blessings this Fall! The Big Guy is harvesting the last field of beans today (58 acres) and we have one shriveled field of corn that was affected by the drought.
The calves no longer need milk and the girls are rejoicing that they eat grain independently (if we can keep it away from the big guys).
More to come....
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