At the Farm! {LongView Farms}

Instead of harvest pictures from the family farm this year,

I have been taking LOTS of pictures for LongView Farms.  

 {They are in the process of getting a website up and going.  Once that happens, I'll share!}

I still hope to make it back to the family farm one of these days before harvest is over

I just have no idea if it will happen or not.  

So, until then, I'm making sure to make the most of my time by visit other people's farms.

Whether that is Center Grove Orchard, which is also a working farm,

or LongView Farms.

To round up my Friday,

how about some Instagram pictures over the past couple three weeks.

 

 

 

 

 I haven't been out to their farm at all this week, and I've missed it.

I'm hoping I'll find a few spare minutes next week.

Have a great weekend!

At the Farm! Friday

har·vest

[hahr-vist] 

 
noun

 

1.  Also, har·vest·ing. the gathering of crops.

  

2.  the season when ripened crops are gathered.

 

3.  a crop or yield of one growing season.

4.  a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: a harvest of corn.

 

5.  the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.

 verb (used with object)

 

6.  to gather (a crop or the like); reap.

7.  to gather the crop from: to harvest the fields.

8.  to gain, win, acquire, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, plan, etc.).

 

 

9.  to catch, take, or remove for use: Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river.

 

  

This is one farmgirl who absolutely loves harvest season.

Without harvest, our world would not be the same.

I wouldn't be the same.

And believe it or not, it would effect you to.

So be sure to thank a farmer when you see him or her! 

{definition borrowed from Dictionary.com.....I did change some wording.}

Ready for Harvest!

This weekend my brother requested that I head to the farm as soon as I can

to get some harvest pictures...with the 'new' combine!

He didn't have to ask me twice!  I'm always looking for an excuse to head to the farm.

{If you didn't know, harvest {fall} is my favorite season!}

At first, it was looking like it might not happen, due to weather.

However, I am still hoping it will happen!

It could potentially rain today and Wednesday, but not Tuesday.

We need the rain...but I want to run the combine for a bit!  :)

So after work, I'll be making a quick trek to the farm for some harvest fun!

{Pictures from Harvest 2010}

One happy farmgirl....ready to see and help with harvest...FINALLY!

I have been working at Center Grove Orchard as a tractor driver for the hay rides.

So far, I have about 40 hours driving time in the tractors {with more to come!}

And I love it!

But, there is just something about seeing the accomplishment of
harvesting a field of corn or beans.

You see the progress as you go, and you don't want to stop until the field is done!

Thanks to seeing some pictures over at Traci Thorson Photography,

I will definitely be having more fun with the pictures, and trying to get some different angles.

Since I'm not sure which field the guys will be in {when I take over!}, so there could be direct sunlight shining on the combine until the sun goes down, which is what happened last year.

Either way, I can't wait!  :)

Harvest Season is Here!

I LOVE FALL!

I LOVE the HARVEST SEASON!

I LOVE IT ALL!

Sure, I might be a little obsessed with this season.

But I love it!

Crisp, cooler weather.

All things pumpkin.

Changing colors.

Layers of clothes.

Trips to the Orchard.

Smells in the kitchen.

Sweaters.

The hum of the bin dryers.

Windows open all day long.

Wearing my cowgirl boots more!

The colors of fall.

Tractors and combines running in the fields.

Apples.

But most importantly, HARVEST!

Being a farmer's daughter, fall {autumn} is a great season to love.  

 

 

 

I look forward to when I get to head back to the farm to help with harvest.

Last year, it was a little tough to get in some combine time.  But, it happened!

Dad, be sure to keep me posted on harvest this year.  I am looking forward to running the 'new' combine!  :)

New to me this year, I am a tractor drive at the Center Grove Orchard.  I worked there last year in the bakery area, and loved it.  But I guess they are mixing things up a little for me this year.  I'm a little nervous about it.  I can't say I've ever hauled people around before.  It's usually just corn or beans!  But, it should still be fun.  Instead of being inside the store, I get to be outside inside a tractor!  :)

I have training tonight, so it should be fun! 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL! 

:)

Harvest 2010

Monday afternoon/evening, I enjoyed an all too quick trip back to the farm.  I got to spend a few hours in the combine, but best of all, saw my niece and nephews from China again.  And with them moving back to the states, within driving distance, I can guarantee I will be visiting as often as they will allow.  :)

Here's a glimpse at the harvest.  When I was around all the kiddos, I didn't worry about taking pictures.  I wanted to play with them, or hold my newest nephew.

Tractors and wagons, ready to be filled with beans.

The bean dust cloud in the background is hiding the combine.

Worn barbed wire fence, with a neighbors field in the background.

Here comes trouble.

Can I distract him?

Hello brother!  Good job.  Now it's my turn!

And no need to look glamorous when spending a few hours in the field!

A view from my drivers seat.

  

Harvesting with the sun in your eyes...not fun.  Thanks dad for running my shades to me! 

My brother is proud of the new mirrors.  Mighty nice and useful if you ask me!



So there you have it.  I couldn't get any good pictures of unloading the beans.  It was quite dusty!  I didn't want to get any bean dust in my camera.  :)

Happy Harvest to all the farmers out there!

Fall Time = Harvest Time

 To me, the fall season is more than just changing of the leaves, cooler weather (which I LOVE!), a change in the wardrobe, cleaning your entire home...include all the places that might be hidden, and it finally being okay to enjoy lots and lots of pumpkin flavored foods.

To me, fall time equals harvest time.

My favorite season of all?  Harvest season.  If you can call it a season.  But since most people don't, I guess that is why I like fall the best.

Growing up, before the seed companies started picking the seed corn out of the fields on their own, I remember there being so many family and friends at the farm to help with harvest. 

When we use to pick our own corn, it was 'all hands on deck'!  The pickers were smaller, there were only little wagons to haul the ear corn from the field to the unloading/loading site, and then a conveyer belt was used to load the corn from the wagons to the semis.

I am pretty sure there are some pictures of this at the farm.  So mom, when you have a chance, do you want to find them?  I'd like to scan/save them.

Anyway, since picking corn is only a job for my brother now (since he hauls for a local seed company), I enjoy whatever time I can helping dad harvest.

I enjoy seeing a field start like this.

Then introducing the combine to the field, since they'll be spending a few hours together.  :)

Enjoying the 'fruit' of the labor of spending hours sitting in the combine.

And finally.....the field being done.  That is one of the best feelings.

And then it is off to the next field.

Harvest for this year hasn't begun yet.  So all these pictures are from last year when I spent a few hours in the combine.  Hopefully it will work out that I get to help again this year!

Harvest Decor

I thought it was finally time to show some pictures of my harvest decor around my place, since I have had it like this since the beginning of October. For some reason, I am one who would prefer to do a harvest theme, instead of doing Halloween and Thanksgiving. It's probably the farmgirl in me, but I'm okay with that.

I'm pretty certain this little arrangment is my favorite.

Well, than again, I'm a big fan of this door. As you might notice in this next picture...the lamp shade still has the plastic wrap on it. Believe it or not, to this day, it still does. I'm not sure if I like this shade or not. I'll probably post on this later.
A star wine holder turned magazine holder. My little pumpkin patch.

*The 'harvest' leaf on the door, the 5 wood pumpkins, the little bale, the swag of fall leaves...I got from Hobby Lobby 50% off.

*The real pumpkins are from family and friends.

*The apples are NOT real. I got them at a little shop in my town, in addition to a few of the other things shown.

*The glass pumpkins holding acorns and mini pumpkins (that I got from a kid wrangling job) were from Walmart.

I am eagerly awaiting Nov 27 to arrive, so I can begin listening to Christmas music and decorate my place for the season. I know many people have already put up their trees and began listening to the Christmas tunes a while ago...but I can't do that yet. I like to enjoy one holiday at a time. So once Thanksgiving is through, that means Christmas is 1 month away, and Gina will be coming back in just a few short weeks!