01 Jul Brian: It wasn’t always fun … but Oklahoma’s done!
Thomas, Oklahoma - Wow, what a way to start off the summer. We survived frequent heavy rains, multiple hail storms, a tornado ...
Thomas, Oklahoma - Wow, what a way to start off the summer. We survived frequent heavy rains, multiple hail storms, a tornado ...
Manley, Nebraska – Um, I really want to sort of fib a little right now and put Chase, Kansas, as my location but that would be lying and that’s not me. So, here’s the deal. I’m feeling a bit like we’re never going to actually get...
North Central Texas—Yesterday we had a group of amazing women out to visit the crew. Through our involvement with All Aboard Wheat Harvest we have not only gotten to know some of the personnel from our sponsor, Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children, but the young...
Weatherford, Oklahoma – Being a custom cutter has been very challenging lately due to the tough cutting conditions in Oklahoma. We haven’t had great harvesting conditions yet and the month of June is almost over. We’ve had so much humidity and lots of mud to...
Cheyenne, Oklahoma—I will be the first to say that I knew very little about custom harvesting and farming when I met my husband for the first time. Almost nine years later, I still feel like I’m learning something new every day … and that will...
Thomas, Oklahoma–We arrived safely in Thomas, Oklahoma, with the equipment. A long trek we are glad to have behind us. It took a little longer than expected, as we had to pull over on the side of the road after the engine of one of...
Manley, Nebraska – This should be the last time I use this location at the beginning of my posts. Trip number one has been made to Chase, Kansas. Harvest 2019 is about to begin for the Z Crew ...
North Central Texas—The rain finally lifted, and we’ve had several great days of running hard. We’ve been really concerned about the ground holding up after all the moisture, but knock on wood, we have been very fortunate so far and hope it stays that way....
Frederick, Oklahoma–We had a slow start due to a few rain showers but have finally gotten some decent harvest weather. Starting out we were sampling fields, some were ready but some were just not quite ready yet. After the rains had passed all of the...
Manley, Nebraska—It was some time between the 2000 fall harvest and the spring of 2001 that we made the decision to change things up a bit with our crew. I would go to the field with Jim and the girls were going to become our...