Claude, TX - Moisture...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="476"] .[/caption] Claude, TX - Remember my issue with not enough ingredients for the chocolate chip cookies? The recipe was one that I used from the HarvestHER Facebook Recipe Album (Randi Beckley of Beckley Harvesting). They turned out perfect! I baked a small...
We always have to have a goal. One that both Jim and I shoot for when we're making our preparations to leave home. I can just about guarantee that if he says a particular day, we really won't get out of here until the next...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="683"] .[/caption] Manley, Nebraska - It’s about that time that things start really changing for us. It’s time that we look around and see that there’s nobody but us to determine what our future will be. Nobody will be there to tell us...
Louisville, Nebraska/Garden City, Kansas—Another stop has come and gone for the Z Crew. Mom and Dad finished July 1 in Garden City, Kansas. Callie and I didn’t even get into the field! The farmer really must’ve done something right with his wheat. It was a...
Louisville, Nebraska—My days aren't slowing down and they're all starting to run together. And I kind of hate it. The Z Crew got moved to Garden City, Kansas, on Tuesday. How in the world has it already been almost a week!? We pulled into the camp...
Shattuck, Oklahoma—I always have a really hard time titling the blog posts. I usually ask the family for help and run a few ideas past them but they shrug it off. But tonight when I asked Dad he said, "Call it The Smashed Flip-Flop!" And I...
Shattuck, Oklahoma—Well, folks, we tried it yesterday. And it’s still too wet. On the bright side, the weather forecast for Shattuck looks like it’ll be hot and dry for the next week or so. Late yesterday afternoon, the moisture tested at 14 percent. Test weight is...
Shattuck, Oklahoma—Why does it always feel like we push so hard to get somewhere just to get there and sit and wait? Because that’s what we’re doing. We rushed around and got out of Nebraska on Wednesday and made it to Shattuck Thursday night. And...
Manley, Nebraska—IT’S TIME TO GO! Yes, you read that right, it’s time to leave for harvest! Dad talked to the farmer on Sunday and we have wheat to cut. And it needs cut NOW. Woo-hoo! Yesterday and today continue to be run-around-like-a-chicken-with-your-head-cut-off busy days. Last night...