The boys came yesterday with their big tractors and trailers
and cut the maize fields. One minute our
garden was surrounded by a sea of tall leafy plants and within an hour or so
the fields had been reduced to stubble.
They worked so quickly, shredding the maize and shooting it directly
into the trailer running alongside the harvester. It will be used for animal feed.
The fields surrounding our house provide a constantly
changing scene. Last year the fields
were golden with wheat. Reeshard’s
fields are now left for hay or grazing since he retired but previously he grew
tobacco and sunflowers. Watching the
harvesting of the tobacco plants used to fascinate me; the plants were cut with something like a giant pair of scissors and then taken along a conveyor belt and laid flat on the adjacent trailer.
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| Reeshard (aka Richard Escalier) |
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| tobacco plants on their way to the drying sheds |
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| sunflowers |
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Interesting to see the tobacco on the trailer. Never likely to see that about here. Our maize harvest starts a little later in September and then it is best to keep off the roads for a day or two until the contractors have moved on across the county. The maize is harvested and shredded like yours but it goes off to the power station. Big business.
ReplyDeleteI'm always surprised at how quickly and efficiently the farmers harvest the crops with their state of the art kit. It's quite ruthless really, especially when you see the hares running out looking for cover.
DeleteI do enjoy reading about different farming in different parts of the world. First time I have read anything about tobacco - so thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteNot so common round these parts anymore as the industry is in decline.
DeleteThe end of summer also here.
ReplyDeleteStill hot and sunny here but the nights are cooler.
DeleteI see that Reeshard is wearing his jeans cut off, also very fetching. My husband has a pair so trimmed when they 'went at the knee'.
ReplyDeleteOne year my husband and I grew tobacco plant up here in North Idaho, and thought it was a pretty plant.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
They do have a very pretty flower.
DeleteI rather miss the Tobacco plants. They used to attract one of Europe's biggest Moths, which of course have now gone too.
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