We cut for 2 days (well 1 full day and 2 half days) with 1 combine at Bob's place and finally finished it up yesterday afternoon. 80 acres down. We thought we were going to get into full-tilt harvest when we convoyed the 2 combines and 2 trucks to the next 60-acre field, but it wasn't go-time after all. The field we pulled into had flooded the first of June. Between the billowing dirt clouds and the hidden logs, it was pretty slow going. It turned even slower when one of the combines sucked a log into the header and broke off a bunch of the auger fingers (they pull the wheat into the feeder house). So the rest of the evening was spent playing mechanic. That flood patch had a less than ideal test weight but turned out alright with a 47 bu/ac yield. The grain was just a little shriveled.
The second combine was able to move to a new patch that had not been underwater and cut some seed wheat. It is getting binned this morning. Good to have some seed wheat in the bin since there are chances of rain over the weekend. Don't want the good, non-flood grain to start shriveling too if we get more rain!
Today is leftovers day at my house, cleaning up the meals that MIL made the last 2 days. I did make some new jello to go with it, but we might have to have ice cream sandwiches for dessert because I won't get off work til noon and then it'll be hurry up and eat, let's get to the field time! I still need to make sandwiches for afternoon meal too! Tomorrow and Sunday I'll be able to cook up some good food for dinner!
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