One Down, One to Go
We finally finished chopping corn on Friday. Sugar beet harvest was to begin today. It’s been raining, and our equipment isn’t ready. This morning we drove south of Belfry to pickup a stray pair. When we passed the beet dump, it didn’t look as though anyone in this area is digging.
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:17 pm
What a cute cake! I don’t think I have ever seen a sugar beet on a cake before.
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:56 pm
No beet harvest here, either. Had a good half inch and it looks like more any minute although the sun did shine a little this afternoon. We still have a lot of hay down.
Always hate to miss a party but sometimes there just isn’t any way. bonnie
October 4th, 2005 at 9:40 am
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN???????LOOKS LIKE IT IS CLOSE TO BRIDGER WITH THE LITTLE PRYOR IN THE BACK GROUND…. KH IN MO
October 5th, 2005 at 8:28 am
I can imagine your fields look quite a bit different after this early snow. Maggie having a lot of fun this a.m. discovering the white stuff, but I imagine the Sugar Beet Baron is not enjoying this bit of moisture at all. Linn
October 5th, 2005 at 10:15 am
I really miss this time of year in farm country. I guess I should really get serious about moving out of suburbia. Hope the rest of your harvest goes well.
October 5th, 2005 at 11:31 am
I am really homesick. The first snow fall, sorry about that for you. The season change. Hot and windy here today.
Spoke with my mom in Billings. She lost most of her trees! Most of them ended up on her neighbor’s home!
Good Luck!
October 5th, 2005 at 12:50 pm
“Sugar beet harvest was to begin today…and our equipment isn’t ready.”
Farmers haven’t been ready for 99 years, its not like its a big surprise. LOL
October 5th, 2005 at 2:55 pm
AimeeRoo - I just ask them to decorate it as a carrot cake - but make the carrots white & fat (hopefully)like sugar beets. Costco did this for us.
Bonnie - there will be more parties
KH in MO - closer to Belfry, but you know your landmarks.
Linn - I’m not too thrilled with the snow right now. Fingers and toes are crossed for warmer temps.
Robert - Oh, the rest of the harvest is off to a great start. Sigh. . .
Shelly - Yes, it did a number on our trees, too.
Anon - Well, that’s the truth. I doubt that they were ready 100 years ago either. During corn harvest, I kept threatening to set the chopper on fire. But it’s green (and yellow) and probably wouldn’t burn. A friend offered some dynamite. With the price of fuel, I’m glad that we raised so much oats. We may have to buy some more horses. . .