So close yet so far

When the harvest gets close to the end it is always the hardest. The weather gets colder and snow begins to be  part of the mix. The onions seem to bunker down in the dirt and when the sun comes out so do they. The last 20 acres always seem to take the longest.  With any luck they will finish this week.

They have started to put the rest of the onions inside the building and the cold, crisp days are great for that! The onions are loaded on the trucks and driven to the main storage where Greg starts the job of piling them away. All of the guys are great at driving the forklifts but to watch Greg whip around the storage and to pile them 5 and 6 high in perfect rows is still amazing to me.

The soybeans are all harvested and waiting in the bin to be sold. 

I must admit that this fall harvest  has been very long. The end of harvest means the beginning of packing the onions to be shipped out. For anyone who thinks that the farming life is easy. It is not. Greg, Jeff and Mark are not just managers of the farm, they are part of the labor force. They don’t watch others do the work, they lead them. They are the first to be at the farm and the last to leave.  I am so very proud of them. Every season. Every crop.