Saturday afternoon was spent over at the farm in New Hope. It was a prettier fall day than my last photo session and there were more leaves still on the trees over there, so here are some more fall scenes.
I worked on installing gates at the front and back of the chute and hanging a rope from front to back. Now the front gate can be opened from any point along the chute, and one person can work the sheep.
This handy stop gate at the back of the chute keeps sheep from backing out or turning around and sprinting out. Genius!
The front gate is guillotine style and easily dropped to stop a speeding sheep.
Once I finished modifying the chute, I spent a while just enjoying the afternoon and taking pictures while Brian finished planting wheat.
Leroy keeping watch over his flock.
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The whole time I was in the field with them, Leroy kept the sheep herded up in a tight group. Once I left the field, they all spread out again.
It was one of those blue bird sky days; not a cloud in sight.
Don't look too closely and try not to think about how much hay is rotting in the field. Some day we're going to get these bales moved home and under a tarp. Still, it makes a pretty picture.
Brian planted a few acres of rye earlier in the week, and here he is planting a few more acres of wheat. The rye will serve as a cover crop and will be used as green manure in the spring. The wheat will most likely be harvested as grain and sold for feed. The wheat was supposed to be planted following corn, but the corn is still standing in the field because we had rain that slowed progress in the harvest. Now everyone is up and running again, but the custom harvester has a lot to do, had some breakdowns, and hasn't made it to us yet. At last check, we were down to about 16% moisture, and we're hoping the corn will be picked later this week. Since it is too late to plant wheat and Brian won't be here to do it anyway, that field will get a rest until spring, when it will probably rotate into soybeans.
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