Posted in General on Sep 4th, 2008 No Comments »
The combine was going well, there was only one hours combining to do. What could go wrong?
The answer is thunder, lightening and torrential rain. With only one hours combining to do the rain started and the combining ended.
This is the last of my harvest and combining notes. The growing cycle continues and we [...]
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Aug 31st, 2008 No Comments »
can’t believe it’s TWO MONTHS since I started off these notes about harvest. It’s a long harvest this year.
I wanted to show the seasons progressing and how the countryside changes and how the rhythm of the seasons continues. 3rd july first post
I also thought I’d point out that we only produce 60% of our own [...]
Posted in General on Aug 16th, 2008 No Comments »
It is 14 days since the corn was ready for harvesting.
For those fourteen days there have only been 10 hours when they could combine.
We have had 14 days of wet weather. It has not been raining all the time, but when it rains it leaves the corn too wet to harvest. The sun comes out [...]
Posted in General on Jul 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Every week for the past three weeks I have been taking photographs of corn ripening.
The photo on the left was taken last week. The larger photo on the right was taken today. You can see how the corn has ripened during the past 7 days.
Posted in Countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds on Jul 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Countryside and wildlife mingle together.
I’m having a change from bird talk to put some photographs of changing corn.
These photos were taken over a week.
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The seasons change. Harvest will soon be here. The rhythm of the seasons continues.
Last year I remember seeing a sparrow feeding it’s fledgling young.
That young fledgling sparrow that I saw being fed [...]
Posted in General on Aug 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
