Wheat Harvest 2019 Begins Now
Samantha Johnston – Johnston Farms Hey fellow HarvestHER ladies! Summer quickly got away from me, hay season was in full swing, along with working ground to prepare for Plant 2018....
All the “Lasts” for Harvest 2018
Jenny Bashutski – Bashutski Harvesting Ltd. We have been in Montana for over a month. We do mostly pulse crops here, ie: chickpeas and lentils. They can be a hurry-up-and-wait...
Once a Harvest Girl, Always a Harvest Girl
Stephanie Osowski – Olson Farms The hardest/weirdest thing to date I’ve discovered about working for a farmer? Wheat harvest only lasts 5-6 days. That’s with no hiccups, no breakdowns, just...
HOW TO KEEP YOUR SPAGHETTI FROM GETTING WESTERN (AND A RECIPE FOR ELDEN’S ONE POT CAJUN CHICKEN ALFREDO)
This was borrowed from Molly Jacobson’s blog (MollysDirtInTheSkirt) with her permission (thanks, Molly). Enjoy!!! My 4-year-old went out to the field today to help her dad stay awake whilst planting...
“but you’re pregnant, you can’t…”
Monica Weiand – Far Eastern Colorado “but you’re pregnant, you can’t…” Argh! It’s frustrating, honestly. I’ll rewind to my last update and catch up from there. My last entry we...
A Little Ditty About Flexibility
Dana Petersen – L. Petersen Farms HarvestHERs are queens of flexibility. Today began as any other day…alarm…coffee…breakfast…lunch packing…crew heads for the field and our youngest and I make a plan...
News from Alberta, Canada
Jill Burkhardt – Crooked Lake Farm A quick update from Alberta: We’ve been in a drought until mid-July, then the rain clouds came and haven’t really stopped (it’s raining currently,...
Moving Fields
Dana Petersen – L. Petersen Farms Sometimes, the wheat fields for the same farmer are miles and miles apart. We are currently in the Ekalaka, Montana area which has some...