At last we have the 2008 harvesting campaign yesterday at 5 o’clock we pulled out of the last bit of spring rape we had sitting in the field and turned of the combine for the last time this year. It has been a long and drawn out process and at times the stress of seeing the crops standing out in the fields has been maddening. The older folks on the farm kept saying that it would get done eventually as it always has in the past and they were right. We finished harvest with just about every spare bit of floor being used to store grain this was because the wet grain swells up so much that it takes up more space per dry ton than if it was dry. We also had some good yields which also meant that we needed more space. It has been a huge effort and it has been so good to see all of our team pulling together to make it happen. Dad often recalls to people who ask the night when he was the first one of all of us to go home and that was at 1 30 in the morning the rest of us kept going till 4am, as this wasn’t enough the next day at 9 o’clock the yard was full of people again. It makes you realise how lucky we are to have these people around us. It has also been great to see all the neighbours pitching in to help each other out they all seem to have done this not to make a quick buck but because they knew that we were all in the same boat and if they could help they would. I think that will be the thing I’ll remember most about this harvest. We are now getting on madly with the planting of next years crops I’m going about in the sprayer getting ground ready for the drill to come in, and then following behind with some other sprays and fertiliser. At the same time I’m keeping an eye on the levels of slugs about the fields there hasn’t been too much activity in the past few days however with today’s rain I’m sure I’m going to find a load when I go and have a look this afternoon.
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