Bringing in the Sheaves

Harvest on our farm is almost complete for 2015 !

We have a few more hundred acres of canola to combine and then we’re going to give a neighbour a hand to finish up as it is threatening to rain again. Then it will be on to fall field work which means cultivating and putting down fertilizer.

I haven’t had much time for sewing these last few weeks but there have been a few days of rain and I was able to go out to my studio and try a granny square block.

Actually, I made two…

I flipped one so you could see the back.

Lorna wrote up a terrific tutorial that I used.

Look at this perfect fabric that I found for the binding…

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It’s the words to the old gospel song “Bringing in the Sheaves” – just right for some harvest potholders !

I didn’t have allot of time for taking pictures while I was working in the field with my son and husband. Most days I didn’t even think about taking my camera with me because there are so many jobs to get done before we head out.

Here are a few pictures I did manage to take.

         

The above pictures were taken as we finished one field and moved on to the next. The piece of equipment hooked up to the back of the combine is called a straight cut header. It is 45 feet wide so it has to be detached from the front of the combine and put in transport mode or else we would never get it down the road.

We are dumping the grain from the combine into the grain cart in this picture.

After the grain is moved from the combine to the grain cart it gets augured into the truck and hauled to the bins at our yard.

The picture below was taken a few years ago  but it shows how we usually unload the grain from the combine to the cart. The combine is cutting and thrashing the grain at the same time the combines unloading auger is dumping into the cart that is keeping pace beside it. It takes some skillful operating to do this but it saves a lot of time if the combine doesn’t stop !

                                 I usually run the grain cart, my husband’s on the combine and my son is on the grain truck.

Some of the fields have to be swathed ( cut and laid in rows ). While my son does the swathing I will run the combine and my husband hauls the grain into the yard.

 I’ll leave you with a fall picture my daughter took of our dog.  Isn’t she pretty !  Have a great weekend  🙂

Linking up with Amanda for Finish it up Friday.