So I've been thinking I need to keep updating about the fall around here.  I've been more busy than I would have liked to have been this fall.  Still not sure how this keeps happening to me, but I guess for the most part that's OK since it keeps me out of trouble.  I've picked all the Indian Corn (I suppose Native American corn would be more appropriate) and I have never seen such vibrant colors in corn before.  Opening the husk of each ear is like unwrapping a present.  These were my favorites, they almost don't even look real.

What's fun about this is that there is a corn field around my property this year and I peeked at some of the corn there and found some ears here and there that have a spattering of colored kernels.  It's probably not enough for them to notice considering that it is a 155 acre field and if there is a good harvest it will yield about 250 bushels of corn per acre.  A bushel of corn weighs about 70 lbs depending on the moisture content.  So doing that math they will take away 2,712,500 lbs of corn from that field and given that amount of corn a few colored kernels will probably not be noticed - but for those that do I can imagine them wondering where these crazy colored kernels came from.

Next on the harvest agenda will be popcorn.  I think I will do quite well this year.  I plan on getting my harvesting machine all fired up this week and if I can remember I will take a few pictures in action.  I don't think they will do much justice though.  I will try to show how much of a death trap this thing could be.  It's probably about 50 years old and has only minimal safety guards on it.  It's the sort of machine that chops off fingers or rips off arms or other appendages with out even slowing down.  Since I always make sure it isn't running when I am off the tractor there isn't too much to worry about.

I am hoping that after October is done and all the crops are harvested, all the pumpkins are plowed under and the snow starts to fly that I will be able to have some rest.  I sort of doubt it though, my next project could involve more than I have ever taken on before and whether or not I will do it is something I will decide on in the next few weeks.  I want to write more about it, but I am exhausted right now and need some well deserved rest.