And we're off......like a herd of turtles! J started cutting peas on Saturday evening. We had planned his birthday party for Sunday evening which was not really ideal since he was cutting again on Sunday. We just pushed the party back a couple of hours. I can't believe I ever had a baby in August. Poor planning on our part! We had 15 people and 5 dogs at the house in town and had a barbecue. It was a good time. K spoiled J by getting him an IPad and a cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory (no, there isn't a local one--it was shipped in). Cheesecake is one of his favorite things ever.
Anyway, they planned to hit it hard on Monday (J's actual 25th birthday) but it was cool and damp in the morning so the combine wasn't going until the afternoon. Our rental combine was delivered, too, so today they were both going. It's taken M some time to get used to all the computer gadgetry in the new machine. Our Vice President in charge of Technology (J) is always on duty! They have been desiccating lentils in the mornings so that they will be ready as soon as we're done with the peas.
R has been swathing CRP for the neighbor and thought he'd be finished with that tonight, but this afternoon he broke the sickle so I think he's done. No one has time to fix it now that both combines are going.
Now we have the sketchy bin erection crew camping in our yard. They finished the bin at Opheim and are going to put two in our yard. I'm not sure how high the IQs are since they drove by our place three times before they figured out where we were. Didn't think we were that hard to find. I had to send Pete to the grandparents for a few days so that they don't drive him crazy or vice versa. I hope they work fast and move on soon!
I've been thinking lately how nice it would be to ever have everything ready to go when it's time to harvest. I'm not sure that's ever happened. Too much to do and never enough bodies.
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