July Part 2

Wow have we been busy bees this month-I've tried to narrow it down a little for posting but I'm going to have to start getting to this a little more often when things are going and growing this fast. We are officially into wheat harvest as of last Saturday, which for us is incredibly late but we won't complain about the all the free moisture we've been receiving either :) Here are some pictures of wheat harvest for us-this is not one of our main crops, we use wheat mostly for dry land spots and rotation for moisture control but I still love the color of dried wheat, it truly is gold in the field.

Dry wheat right before it was cut and the front and rear view of the combine moving right along

 

Filling the truck to take the wheat to town

This is the inside of the combine, the view
 from the cab right after they emptied

Getting filled up again

 Along with trying to get the wheat out of the field we are also trying to keep the corn watered. Right now the corn is pollinating so it is very important to keep the plants from being too stressed so they produce well. The mid-summer heat wave we are in has kept the temperatures well above 90 and the heat index over 100 degrees so water is extremely important right now. The corn plants are starting to grow ears and are now well over nine feet tall!  We are also trying to ridge the remaining soybeans that are looking better and bigger too.

Beans out the back window being ridged and across the field

Jenna helping carry socks

New ears!

Jordan showing how tall the corn is now

Look at those tassels-that is where the pollen is in the corn plant

We also hid inside from the heat for a day to celebrate Jenna's birthday, can you tell she is very into Tangled right now :)

And this is what happens when we are busy in the field, busy with homework, yard work and housework (the pile of clean clothes we lovingly call Mt. Laundry-we aren't proud of it but it happens so all we can do is laugh) 

 Dinner from the garden-we love summer at our house-fresh summer squash with fresh basil, green beans and cucumbers and farm grown beef we just got back from the butcher. It truly does not get much better than this-unless we fix steak instead!!!

Well I am off to another round of homework to keep up with my classes and maybe finish folding more clothes :) Hope the summer is treating you all well and the heat isn't too unbearable!