It’s combine time now. [Updated to add: When I first posted this earlier in the evening, I was just recovering from the suppertime whirlwind that was my kitchen, complete with grain moisture reader on the kitchen table, and the rosy moon wasn't up yet. Then I realized, after we've been gazing at it all week that it's finally the full, Harvest Moon. Not just great timing, but a great gift of extra light when the men are out working in the fields till midnight. Shine on, indeed.]
Tom arrived home just before eight and was grabbing a quick supper when his friend arrived and it was time to start combining the wheat. With good luck (no breakdowns and no rain — only the latter is a virtual given), they may be done by Saturday. Tom will run the grain truck back and forth from the combine in the field to the grainaries, and his friend will run the combine. The kids were getting ready for bed, Laura already in her nightgown, when our friend arrived, but they switched gears very quickly. “Please, please can we go?” Harvesting/
combining for the junior set around here is like Christmas — it comes only once a year and doesn’t last nearly long enough.
And like Christmas, I have to plan special meals. These have to be ample, tasty, and portable. So far I think it’s chili and plum tart for tomorrow, pork roast and peach pie for Saturday.
Filed under: Country Life | Tagged: farming, harvest
