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We’re done! We finished combining at 1 a.m. this morning. As I drove the combine home from the field, rain drops began splashing on the window. Just in time! This morning we had several short downpours. The weather report had … Continue reading →

My Dad just called from Cecil Lake, B.C. (Peace River area) to tell me they had several inches of wet snow over night. Some of my family is still combining – that will effectively put a stop to that for … Continue reading →

One of the perks of combining for Loren Koch is supper meals on the field. Terryl, Loren’s wife, is a great cook and we enjoy hot roast dinners and pie for dessert. I doubly appreciate it – I used to … Continue reading →

Monday, September 14, 2009: It’s a beautiful morning, and the weather report is sunny and warm for the whole next week. That means I’d better get my lunch packed – and snacks enough to go until late! My boss, Loren, … Continue reading →

Well, there’ll be no combining again today. After a longer period of hot dry weather we’re getting what is often the September weather pattern. Some rain is followed by a few days of sun – just enough to get a … Continue reading →

Harvest is sneaking up fast! The first canola fields are swathed. Some swaths look pretty skimpy. Other fields look quite decent from the road. The yield monitors will tell us the truth (if calibrated right). Robert and I will both … Continue reading →

Robert and I are ‘up north’ again for a few days – my brother Fred asked us to come and help him put up his second crop silage. I got to do the raking with a tractor without a cab. … Continue reading →

How quickly the cereal fields change colour. They hardly head out, a sea of waving green heads and then the fields start to show shades of yellow. Some barley fields are already ripening off. I see farmers making silage out … Continue reading →

My fingers are blue, and I’m sure my lips are too! It’s saskatoon berry time in western Canada. I’m at my friend Sharon Rottier’s U-pick filling my pails and my mouth at the same time. Those berries are sooo good! … Continue reading →

English roses frame the Country Coffeehouse of a South African woman, robotic arms milk the cows on a Dutch dairy farm, an African dromedary kisses those who pet him – it was quite the safari! Last Wednesday I joined over … Continue reading →