The wind tells the earth—sing the praises of life and thankfulness to the Heavens.
Sing so the humans on the planet can also hear!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm
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The wind tells the earth—sing the praises of life and thankfulness to the Heavens.
Sing so the humans on the planet can also hear!
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Your corn is ready to combine. When I was a kid, we picked the corn ears. It was shelled later, during the winter. We’d have massive piles of shelled corn cobs. The corn picker was fitted around the tractor and you’d pull a trailer to receive the freshly picked ears of corn. That was back in the days of the now extinct American family farm.
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Not yet! It has to dry to between a moisture content of 14-16. We still wait.
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Corn is drying well & looking good! Hope it’s a great harvest 🌻🌽🙏
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Me too. Still too early. Maybe in the middle of November
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I remember corn that was picked too wet and not dried in the bin would mold. Where I grew up on the Northern Plains, they use bin dryers. Even with the low current commodity prices, one can’t afford any spoilage.
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We have bins with dryers but it works easier to wait for the right dry. No loading. Drying. Or scoping out that way. 🙂
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Makes me wish I could go back to 1978 and drive that corn picker again. That was one of my lifelong treats, I remember it every time I see corn drying and getting ready to be picked. Back then, moisture meters were still not very common on the farm, Leo had to take a sample down to the elevator to have it tested every couple of days. He could tell when it was ready but you needed to know for sure because every % of moisture above a certain figure, the elevator folks charged so much a bushel to dry it down to the required % moisture content. Those were happy vacation days for me
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We still take ours to the Elevator. Terry says it doesn’t matter what ours says it’s what there’s says. When it’s at the right “dry”. We are off. Each field runs different and even areas in the same field.
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I hope those winds help dry the corn.
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Us too. 🙂
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They are harvesting corn here. I heard there are some fields totally eaten huge areas by bear as there are so many bear this year.
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Wow. We only get bear here when it’s been too dry in the mountains. They then make their way down to feel up before winter
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Java Bean: “Ayyy, and let’s not forget to howl at the moon a little! That counts as singing praises, right?”
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You would have loved the coast!
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Yes it does! Boo Berry
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Howllllllll. Wooof. Sing. Boo Berry
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