There is still much to do, farm work does not stop just because it’s Autumn
It actually speeds up for this season is the accumulation of winter, spring, and summer
It’s a good time, though. It’s the time of Harvest where the demands of the day increase.
(I just bought myself a new work coat…well, actually I got TWO new work coats…looking at this one, it was time 🙂 )
The corn harvest is getting very close. We were thinking we would start Monday, but not quite yet.
The moisture content of the kernels is 15.5% —as soon as we hit 15% the combine will head into the field, the big grain truck will follow it and there we will be…
in the harvest.
These late Fall days, cool and growing short, deplete our energy, but the work nourishes us.
Winter nears—the leaves are falling like yellow flecks of light on the tired ground.
Everything and everyone is singing the song of Fall.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Looks like fun! Wish I had 40 acres with a nice stream/pond and a house smack in the middle of it in Western Colorado. You can take the boy out of the country, but can never take the country out of the boy
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From what you and Cloudy have told us you have a lovely large area where you live.
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One thing is for sure — farming is never boring! I’m glad you got yourself a new work coat.
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It sure was time, sadly I gave it the old heave o right into the trash can.
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A lot of work now but it sounds very rewarding.
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Terry like winter the best, because the work load is very, very light!
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Not a moment too soon for the new work jacket. Yikes!
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I know…it was hard to throw away, but more than time.
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Autumn could be the slowest time for us, although we rarely actually slow down. I prefer to get ahead of some chores so that we can slow down a bit during late winter instead. Irrigation is not as demanding now. Yet, we have not started to clean up for winter yet As things slow down a bit, we eventually start to clean up more. Because we are surrounded by redwood forest, the storms are very messy here. It is hard to believe that just a few miles from a chaparral climate where I got about a foot of rain (average) annually, we are in a rain forest. The weather brings down a lot of debris, that clogs ditches. No matter how efficiently we clean ahead of winter, it will be a mess once the rain starts.
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I think you are lucky to live in, or close, to those amazing trees!
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We are more blessed than lucky. The trees are a major part of our lifestyle here. Just like climate influences architecture, the debris falling from so many huge redwoods influences the steep slopes and simplicity of the roofs. Low pitched roofs or roofs with complicated drainage patterns, collect the debris and rot. The mess is a lot of work, but it is so worth it.
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SOOOOO worth it!
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Hand me that work coat and I’ll mend it for you!
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I tried but the material is so thin the needle ripped it more. So I gave it a toss! Thank you though.
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looks as if boomie has on his fall/winter work coat, too? i finally bought new flannel nightclothes this fall; it was wayyyyy past time to replace what i had. and either i or the kitties can still make use of the recyclable parts of the old ones. —-suz in ohio
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It was a tad bit cold and he has house fur so I put his favorite jacket on! I so understand that waaaaaaaaaaay past time thing. 🙂
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I smiled at your work coat:) I had some work pants…they got tossed after my husband kept announcing the color of my panties! …now I have a work sweater the elbows are out but the rest of the sweater is okay…I only wear it at home. Hope the corn harvest goes well for you:)
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It’s so hard to throw away very comfortable things.
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I love that ‘everything and everyone is singing the song of fall’! Love to see you holding hands ..And I agree, time for a new jacket! Best of luck with the corn harvest …
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I broke down and got TWO! I needed them…just say’n 🙂
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