Finally we had a week of semi-dry weather in late August to allow the
barley to be harvested from the fields at Red House Farm. Despite this short spell of sunshine, it
wasn’t enough to dry out some patches where the heavy clay soils had become
completely waterlogged which meant that machinery was getting stuck left, right
and centre. Harvesting was abandoned in the hope that more sun may come along and dry out the ground
before finishing the rest.
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| Half Harvested Field at Red House Farm |
Just over 3 weeks later and finally the ground was suitable
for harvesting the rest of the barley. Although it still wasn’t an easy job
with heavy machinery on the wet soils making the process very time intensive.
This resulted in Alastair working all hours to try and get the crop off here
and at his own farm whilst the conditions were still suitable. But he managed
it!
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