Today we began the harvest, and the the first field to combine was the wheat field, which is the one for the Hovis contract. It is hard to believe that this time 3 years ago, all 200 acres of crops had been harvested by now, and we were packing away the combine for winter... this year we have just begun! Many of the fields have taken a battering from the extreme weather we have had over July and August, and some of the crops have even been damaged, which may result in them not getting combined, and getting ploughed back into the ground. This would be a huge waste of money and time, especially after all the hard work that has gone into producing them. Hopefully it will not come to that, and we can salvage the damaged fields. Fingers crossed! Luckily the wheat is a great crop, and is still proudly standing, even after all the wind and rain... but the ground is as soggy as ever, as witnessed below!
The combine sunk, and got stuck. So I had to drive the tractor up along the combine, so it could unload the grain, and make the machine a bit lighter so it could free itself from the mud, and move to a dryer spot.
