A blogging friend, Misty (one of my favourite bloggers, by the way), asked me what we grow on the farm and what we're harvesting right now, so I thought I'd answer those questions right here for anyone else who's interested. Also, I meant to use this blog to record things like this anyway, so I should have mentioned it sooner!
This year we grew canola (200 acres), large Kabuli and small Kabuli chick peas (garbonzo beans) (680 acres), green peas (600 acres), large green lentils (1120 acres), yellow mustard (480 acres), and durum (1420 acres). I use the term "we" loosely since I don't do any of the actual farm work, but I do have a vested interest!
For us (Sharptail Ridge Farm), harvest started on September 3 and has been going fairly steady for 10 days. (That's when they started using the combine; some fields were desiccated--i.e., sprayed to kill/dry the plants--earlier.) With everything being so late this year, we've been very fortunate to have a neighbour helping (and using his combine as well) because his crops aren't ready yet.
So far, all of the peas have been harvested, and as of this evening, all of the lentils except 60 acres because they weren't dry enough yet. Next will be the mustard, but they don't expect it to be ready for a few days or perhaps a week.
It would be nice if everything was ready to harvest because it's always better to have the crop in the bin rather than sitting in the field vulnerable to frost, rain, or snow (yes, it's possible at this time of year), but I will appreciate having a bit of a break from single-parenting!