Month: July 2017

Same thing happens every year, and I make myself the same promises that I’ll do better for next year, only to break every last one of them. I’m talking about harvest preparations. Harvest preparations really start at the end of the previous harvest. The grain dryer needs cleaned out, the elevator boot needs cleaned out, the area around the grain pit needs swept and hoovered. Trouble is, after harvest I’m knackered, and the last thing I want to do is clear up. ‘I’ll do it later, when I’m not so busy’.
Later gets, well, later. There is the autumn sowing to be done, then we are in to winter. ‘It’s cold, I don’t want to go and clear up… I’ll do it later, when I’m not so busy’. Christmas comes and goes, and then before I know it, we are getting ready to sow the spring crops. ‘There’s too much to do, I’ll get it done when we have finished sowing, when I’m not so busy…’ You get the picture.
In my defence, this year has been a wee bit tough, and I’ve not had the time I might usually do. So if anything things were more rushed than normal. However, we have got there. Sheds are clean, elevator boot empty, dryer ready to go, combine all serviced. Just in time for the rain to come on! I managed to cut one combine tankful before the deluge this afternoon, so harvest is officially underway.