Oklahoma

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We picked up another job near Pond Creek so we’ll be around for a few more days. On Friday we were working on canola but it was so windy we shut down until the wind settled.

20130623-000224.jpg Brett and I headed to Enid, OK for lunch and a little playtime. We ate at a Mexican restaurant – it was really good! We found Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse last year and wanted to make it back this year. Brett headed right for the train table.

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Our boys are happy if they have trains, trucks, tractors or planes to play with. They had a ferret out to pet but Brett wanted nothing to do with that.

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We headed back just in time for everyone to meet back at the campers. Mick and Max were returning from North Dakota. They flew home on Monday to spray our fields. We started back up on canola and finished Saturday.

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All the lights are combines in the fields. The kids and I went to the farmers market in Enid Saturday morning. They had a potato race setup. We built potato cars and let them go. They didn’t make it very far but we had fun. We enjoyed watching a local band play while the boys ate some cookies from a bakery booth. I bought some sour dill pickles – they really make you pucker. But they are so good! I also bought a casserole carrier to bring meals out to the field and a couple of hand towels that are supposed to get softer after each use. I always try to support the local farmers market if I can find one. The farmers market was pretty busy today. We enjoyed fresh squeezed lemonade on our way to the parking lot. We will be working on wheat tomorrow.

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Pond Creek, OK Harvest

We started wheat in Pond Creek, OK last week. This is the second day we’ve been shut down due to rain on Sunday night.

Starting winter wheat in Pond Creek, OK
Starting winter wheat in Pond Creek, OK
Switching headers for canola
Switching headers for canola

I drove the combine for a couple of days this week, it’s been 6 years since I’ve cut wheat. I drove a little last fall when we did corn in South Dakota but not all day. It’s so amazing all the improvements in the newer machines. I can’t imagine what it will be like when our boys are older.

Sadie couldn't take it anymore, she fell asleep on me.
Sadie couldn’t take it anymore, she fell asleep on me.

A little Bambi was hanging around us all day. She had been separated from her mom and both of them were frantically looking for each other.

Bambi
Bambi

We sent Mick and Max home on a plane from OKC to spray our crops in North Dakota on Monday. They will be back by the end of the week.image

I took some pics of the elevator in Enid, OK. I didn’t know the elevator was such a big deal until this winter we watched Aerial America Oklahoma on tv and they were showing the elevator. Enid was known as the wheat capital of America. Here’s some more information on Wikipedia.20130618-195840.jpg

20130618-195851.jpgHere’s some pictures on the outside of Pond Creek, OK.20130618-195859.jpg

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We should be able to get the combines rolling again in the morning.

Brown Acres Harvesting

A week in October

Mick & I have been putting lots of miles on between ND & SD moving headers and finishing up our own soybeans.  Max started preschool this month so the kids and I will continue to go back and forth until we are done combining sunflowers.  We finished up the corn harvest in SD on Friday and started sunflowers in SD on Monday.  It was so windy on Wednesday in SD we had to shut down.Brett loves carrying the corn cobs around.  Our typical farm boys love playing on the tractor tires whenever its parked.We had a buck and doe walking back and forth in the field just a few rows over from the combine.  There are so many deer in the corn!  We found a big bull moose about 20 miles southeast of our farm Monday night, of course I  only had my cell phone for a camera.We finished up our soybeans at home on Tuesday.

Peach Salsa
Peach Salsa

I made some more Peach Salsa, a lot of chopping but it is so good!We had roasted delicata squash on Tuesday night.  I found it at the farmers market in Pierre, SD.  It is supposed to be a mix between butternut squash and sweet potatoes.  It was very good I wish I had more – the kids loved it!Our sunrise at home on Wednesday.We had a great fall skillet for supper on Wednesday with chicken and apple sausage (Sam’s Club), bacon, onions, sweet potatoes, mushrooms and tomatoes on top of spaghetti squash.

This morning we had some deer enjoying some spilled soybeans as our dogs stayed curled up enjoying their warm bed.  We are under a  winter storm warning today, so far we have only had a much-needed rain.

 

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