Time for the farmer to harvest the barley.
You could say that we live in the country. I think that being completely surrounded by fields qualifies us for that description. This season there was barley growing in the field behind our house. What an amazing summer season for the farmer: dry, warm, and sunny! We enjoyed watching the combine harvester last weekend as it harvested the barley. We had great front row seats!
Combine Harvester.
I can only imagine what the workers thought as I took their photo (all afternoon). It was just so neat to watch!
Harvesting the barley and leaving the straw.
As the barley is harvested, the straw is left behind. The straw is then later gathered up into bales.
Neat rows of straw are left behind after harvesting the barley.
O.K., now having kids makes this next part quite a laugh (ya gotta humor them). The straw is gathered up and formed into bales (in our case round ones) and then rolled out of the baling machine.
Tractor and baling machine.
Bale of straw being rolled out.
And there you have it! A bale of straw.
Yeah, I know, but they are kids and this is kinda new to us still. 🙂
Tractor & baling machine.
Those guys worked really quickly! They had the field done in no time.
The field with bales of straw.
And what are kids to do with a field behind their home filled with bales of straw???
Surf on the bale!
or pose for mom.
It was such a beautiful day which rolled into a perfect evening. The kids had a ball playing in the field.
A perfect day.
The field on the other side of our house being harvested.
I love taking photos in the evening.
A perfect evening.
The color of fall.
I really enjoyed putting this post together. We all had such fun that day! I hope you are enjoying good weather where you are, too!
Dana
Mom in the Garden 
I love days like that! Beautiful post!!
Hi Michele, Thank you for your compliment!
Love the evening light in your photos. The harvesting reminds me of when I was little and watched them near my home…. they had square balers in those days still! 😉
Hi Cathy, I think watching the harvesting is still memory worthy. At least I hope the kids remember all of the fun they had playing on the bales! Isn’t it funny how lots of bales are round now? Thanks for stopping by.
That’s really interesting. They do that here, in the area I live in,but I have never watched it in enough detail to see the process.
Yes, it was really neat to watch the entire process! We take so much for granted, it was nice to see all that is involved. Thanks for stopping by!
A perfect day! The picture of the hay bale at that “golden hour” is fantastic!
It really was a perfect day! Thanks for the compliment. Yeah that evening sun light is so wonderful to work with. Thanks for visiting!
My son and I had to check out the farm equipment. I never saw a baling machine before–quite interesting. Your posts are lovely and inspire me to take time to enjoy outdoors!
Hi Mobilemom, I was thinking of you when I posted this as I think you mentioned you and your son enjoyed the photos from my potato harvesting post last year. I was hoping you’d like it! Funny how some things just stick in your mind. 🙂 Thank you for the compliment. Lovely to hear from you! Dana
That was thoughtful of you! It is funny–as I was looking at your “final farewell…” post I wondered if you had taken any harvesting pictures. Joshua and I did enjoy the seeing the equipment, my oldest daughter just stopped by the computer and had to check it out as well–thank you, Dana!
Now that put a smile on my face! 🙂