Living in Crookston we have experienced so many things that we didn't back in the cities. One of those experiences is farming. Sure we have driven by many corn fields. We've seen cows and horses and all that stuff. But to live in a farming community is very different.
Growing up I lived on a hobby farm. We had sheep, 2 goats and a bunch of chickens. I did my share of milking the goats (ok, maybe only once or twice) and helped pluck chickens after my dad cut their heads off. Kelly on the other hand was all city boy. He was raised in the suburbs, mostly in apartments.
In Crookston when it is harvest time everyone knows it. The streets are full of beet trucks taking loads to the sugar beet plant. The fields that were once filled with rows of green are now full of combines and tractors. The motel empties of the construction workers and is now full of guys coming from all over to help the farmers with the harvest.
Kelly was lucky enough to get a job with a local farmer. First to drive a truck for the pre-pile (the first step in harvesting beets) and now to drive a plow and help with their soy bean harvest. He will also be driving a truck for the official beet harvest that starts the first of October. The farmer that he is working for has over 3,000 acres of land and has wheat, sugar beats and soy beans. It is so neat to get to experience this life that is totally different from anything we have ever done.
Growing up I lived on a hobby farm. We had sheep, 2 goats and a bunch of chickens. I did my share of milking the goats (ok, maybe only once or twice) and helped pluck chickens after my dad cut their heads off. Kelly on the other hand was all city boy. He was raised in the suburbs, mostly in apartments.
In Crookston when it is harvest time everyone knows it. The streets are full of beet trucks taking loads to the sugar beet plant. The fields that were once filled with rows of green are now full of combines and tractors. The motel empties of the construction workers and is now full of guys coming from all over to help the farmers with the harvest.
Kelly was lucky enough to get a job with a local farmer. First to drive a truck for the pre-pile (the first step in harvesting beets) and now to drive a plow and help with their soy bean harvest. He will also be driving a truck for the official beet harvest that starts the first of October. The farmer that he is working for has over 3,000 acres of land and has wheat, sugar beats and soy beans. It is so neat to get to experience this life that is totally different from anything we have ever done.
Kelly in his big red tractor while plowing
Em on her way out to take a ride
Ada heading out for her turn in the tractor
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