I do love fall. But this has been a long September. After Sarah's birthday and Marie's day Luke was in the field. He prepared fields for planting and going on hope and prayer (because there has been no measurable rain for months) he started sowing. You sow wheat, you plant corn. I learned that very early on in my journey as a farmer's wife.
Anyway, he started sowing. Then we had to stop and harvest millet. A blessing to have a crop but to be honest it was kind of pathetic. Fifteen bushels per acre is nothing. At least it was there but it was a terrible yield. Mama got to be in the grain-cart. This means that I scrambled to find childcare and spent the day in a tractor only to come home and do all that mommy stuff I didn't get done all day. After millet we drilled some more wheat. And then we stopped to harvest corn. Corn harvest is supposed to happen in October, but, there's a drought and it's early. God was good and the corn yielded a bit better than we had hoped. 44 bushels per acre on dry-land corn. Good, average yields are about 120 bushels per acre, but in this drought year we are grateful for what we get. Corn harvest brought more tractor time, more scramble to find childcare, more cranky girls because they are totally not used to me being gone. We finished corn, he went back to sowing wheat. And tomorrow, by grace, he will be done. Hallelujah.
I would love to have that guy home for a day...
And this Friday there is a 30 percent chance of rain and snow. It is a better chance than we have had for awhile. We need moisture to get the wheat up, moisture so that it will grow and not starve for water and die off. A nice cold snowy winter so that it is cold in the ground and we get a good stand (healthy plant) next spring. Will you join me in prayer?
Lord, Let is rain! Let it snow! You know the time it will come, and the reason for this dry season, but we ask you send moisture! Love you Lord! Amen.
In other news, I will have a one year old next week. Totally mind blowing. And she learned how to drink from a straw yesterday! And Sarah has her first day of dance class today. My littlest girls are growing up...
I am also going to make apple butter tomorrow.
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