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Harvest 2018

Harvest, for us, began on Monday evening - a new combine (to us), brand new auger, and the newly-added drive-over pit awaited the rush of work ahead.  I think Chelan had this drive-over pit in his mind for a long time, and it wasn't until I could see it all working together that I appreciated the vision, the planning, the searching, and the work it took to create such a set-up.  I've always been a visual learner, and perhaps Chelan does not share many of his plans verbally with me because of that.  Like I said, I didn't fully appreciate this huge undertaking until I saw the finished product!

So, here we are on Friday, and we're done with our fields.  The rest of the wheat to cut belongs to Chelan's uncle, and even though it isn't "our wheat," it is nice that we get to extend harvest just a bit longer - especially now that "The Tregs" have arrived from California (that's what the girls (and Grandma) call Chelan's brother's family.

Here are a few pics from the harvest - mostly from the "inaugural dump" (I haven't even been in the combine yet this year)!

Pouring the cement for this was no easy task!  It took
planning, measuring, forming, 2 cement trucks 1 week
apart (1 in a downpour), and making it all so the yellow
part can be lifted out!




I love watching them work together.  For the most part, Chelan
manned the combine this year, and his dad got to empty
the trucks.



Figuring out the next plan. 

Caiden has been controlling the grain cart and doing some 
bean-sowing.  He's so grown-up already it's a little bit
crazy!
That's a wrap!  The last walk down the drive
after the equipment was put away - this time
with Treg's help!

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