Harvest soon.

that's some machine hal -wont have been cheap to buy!

cheap grain hal ? some machine that ...impressive

Take it Hal that you hire these machines and they go round like the old thrashing machines did from farm to farm.

Oh for the days of the sythe.

More people stsrving now than then.

Regards.

Guy in the pic owns or rents few thousand acres. Has to have big machines. Couple of them. Does custom cropping for others also.
Remember working on the threshing machines. Cutting strings to feed in the sheaves. No fun!

Did a bit of chaff carrying myself Hal, best bit ham sandwiches and tea.

Kept the wild seeds for the pigeons to peck at.

Patato and pea picking also I enjoyed.

Horse and cart transport.

Still friends with farmers son, retired now but in same bowling club.

Would not have exchanged my childhood for those of today.

Regards.

Very impressive liked to see that working

I think Hal uses it to clean and clear up his lofts

Afraid the blackberry harvest has had a year off.

Where for many years there has been plenty of big berries this year small and dried up.

Always looked forward to blackberry pie with evaporated milk on.

Nature.

Regards.

The Bounty Autumn brings lasts until November/ December.

Here's a written part of my novel being wrote lol lol. Obviously have to edit it some.
But is about a 10th only of nature's bounty mention here

Obviously, 'Bounties' in one area weren't necessarily in another. So a little bartering and sharing was called for. Hence much foraging was done at varying times. Outsiders were soon, and quickly, turned away, out of any areas producing blessings to their' benefit.

 Likewise wild fruit. The raspberry, strawberries. The ever-popular blackberry and apples. A favourite pie,  for 'Afters'. Many others complimenting a meal. or an enhancement of taste or flavour. Even a meal.
  Many having remarkable properties, of vitamins and minerals. Aids to health and immunity.

 Crab and wild apples, and many other fruits being foraged during past centuriesand. During war years. Some collected and made into syrup, or for flavouring food and wine. Especially Elderberries, the small, dark red-black berries which grew in clusters and added to sweet pies, crumbles or jams. Rowan berries for very tarts. Bilberry often called blueberry. Sloan Gin, Sloan, Rose Hips, Hawthorn berries.
 Or bought a sack of wheat and barley cheaply from a local farmer. Potatoes when able after rationing, for a Whisky. Marrows for Rum and such.

  Dandelion, Thistles, Nettles and Chickweed. Primroses, which don't tend to grow in the shade, but in meadows and dunes and other areas with direct sunlight. Like the Thistle, once picked, you eat the roots, stems, leaves and petals of the primrose for its healing oils, vitamins and minerals. (more likely to be found in spring). Primroses are known to aid the function of the immune system.
Their' pretty petals brightening up many a salad. The fleshy roots bringing the crunch.
  Plus very many more as such. However, it was indeed a ' No Go' for outsiders.

 'Foraging', in the main, begin in the spring. The colourful blossoms of crocus, peeping from the ground. A beloved signs of spring. Cheering one, with a reward of magnificently with an ever-increasing abundance of beauty. More remarkable, they were edible!

 'Chicken Mushroom' that grows on trees, also called Chicken of the Woods. Colourful mushrooms, easy to spot with their' overlapping clusters of thick, stemless, fan-shaped caps. Growing on trees, stumps or downed wood. The yellowish-orange tops with irregular edges often paler.
The sizeable Horse mushrooms, along with the common Field Mushroom. Oyster mushrooms, generally found in a tiered formation on tree stumps, particularly beech trees. Shell-shaped caps in various hues from cream to grey-blue. Beneath being a white underpart and short, stubby stem.
  Nature supplying a bounty of natural goodness right through to November and December. Like Bullace, a wild variety of plum, similar to damson. Great tasting and eating both raw and in puddings.
 Hairy bittercress  to pick theleaves from the middle of the rosette-like plant and washes well to get rid of any dust or grit. Its pepperiness being good in winter salads,
  Hazelnuts. Walnuts and Acorns. A favourite at Christmas, the sweet chestnut, found in a mild climate. The tree preferring lime-free soil and moisture. The nuts are delicious when the skin is pierced, roasted and, peeled. Then dipped in butter and salted. Being the most sort after. From trees first introduced to the UK by the Romans.
  Pine, the Pius species, whose collected needles and seeds made an excellent tea high in vitamin C.
A perfect anti-cold remedy. Which also contains vitamin A and beta-carotene.

 Indeed an endless list of Flowers, plants and fruit, berries and nuts for foraging, collected and made fair use of. Countryside jams! Often said 'less than 30lbs of Blackberry Jam, (and or others) meant a harsh winter. Countless more would fill up shelves, like the local, farmer's kitchen.