Nancy Eberts – Eberts Harvesting Inc.
Its been ten days since I checked in😜. What have I done?
Seems like a million different things – from harvest, to house, to farm, and family.
It’s funny how I can work in the office and as I’m headed to the bathroom, realize I need to scrub the toilet. Then when getting a drink, need to finish the dishes. Then when getting a dish towel, realize I need to fold clothes. Then when taking garbage out, need to clean my pickup. Then, I see receipts, need to get back to office work! Anyone else work like this?
I have made a huge dent in my “to do” list and even accomplished some fall tasks, as well as spending time with the guys in Kenmare. Running only two machines has allowed me some time to do things that over the last ten plus years simply got put off (once our kids were gone so was my help!) till, frankly, when harvest was done.
The guys should finish up canola today and are in hopes of picking up more acres. Mother Nature, in all her glory, has been burning up Montana, flooding Texas and yet has managed to keep our North Dakota harvest very weather-friendly, which in reality simply makes extra work for a harvester “not likely”. Farmers are able to get along with their machines. Especially since, due to drought, the crops are far below normal. But that’s the kind of year it has been…one extreme to another, for everyone! There is no discrimination with Mother Nature.
Video: Straight cutting canola in Kenmare, North Dakota
The leaves are turning and it has been warm days beginning with cool mornings and ending with cool nights. Fall harvest is next and I still have a “to do” list but much more doable than ten days ago!
1. Be ready to go at the drop of a hat...sometimes without a lunchbox.
2. Has removed the word impossible from her vocabulary!
3. Can hold a baby, take care of a toddler and drive a tractor or combine all at the same time.
4. Must be able to cook for a crew - large or small.
5. Must be able to read minds.
6. Must be able to banter with a parts man until he realizes you DO know what you're talking about.
7. Must be the entertainment director for those rainy days.
8. Be a wife, mom, friend, helper, cook, problem solver, taxi driver or extra crew hand at all times.
9. Can handle the call that makes you react, "You need what? When?" Dropping everything you're doing to make it happen.
10. At the end of the day say, "I really do love this life".