Not much going on this week, we finally finished fall harvest at work. We started cutting corn the second to last week of September, then took a break from corn to cut beans, which is what we had the most of, then we went back to corn and we finished the week of October 20. We were working on these two crops for over a month. Last we had 70 acres of milo to cut but it still had to high moisture content so we left it for a couple of weeks before we cut it. It took us over a week to cut even with only 70 acres because we were also trying to wean calves at the same time. Lets just say there was a lot going on. Now we just have to chop silage.
I also got to do something last Monday that was rather interesting. Floyd Dowell, a friend of our family runs the charity Planting Hope International, and one of the things they do is send grain bins overseas to Laos. You might remember me talking about this in a blog from last year. Anyway on Monday Blake, my dad, and I went to Genesios, Ks and help tear down a couple of grain bins. It was fun. There were a lot of bolts and it took awhile however not near as long as we thought it would. It wasn't the best of weather circumstances, with a cold wind and rain/snow but we managed to get it done. So I can now check, tear down a grain bin, off of my bucket list.
Blake and I are going to start cutting wood this week so you will probably get to hear some stories about that in the upcoming months. Hopefully none of them will end badly. I need still deliver 4 loads of hardwoods which is a problem because I probably only have half of a load that is split and seasoned enough to sell. So Thursday that is what we are going to do. We will have to find dead trees we can take down I'm praying I can find enough to finish out my deliveries this year. That's about all that is happening in my life over the last couple of weeks. It seems kind of slow and boring now that football and volleyball is over. We never go anywhere.