Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: wheat

A dirty job; somebody's got to do it. The combine's just dumped part of its load into the orange trailer and has turned to make its next pass through the wheat. The chaff goes out the chute; the wheat stays in the harvester. I found this guy by keeping my eye out for the characteristic cloud of dust. There's a bigger truck waiting for it to arrive at the other end of the field. In the past three days nearly every wheat field in Roxand Township's been harvested. Clearly it's time.

My self-assignment this morning was to find a farmer harvesting wheat. No luck; best I could do was a handful of harvesters parked in mid-field, mostly after completing the job. This guy's behind the barn and house, on the edge of a half-harvested back forty. I'll try again, perhaps later today and certainly tomorrow.

Around this time of year Joel gets obsessed with wheat. You may have noticed.

My self-assigned photographic task this morning was to find an isolated tree. This one will do. It's more or less at Hoytville, Michigan.

Another photo from my roadside stop a couple days back.

Near Mulliken, Michigan.

Near Mulliken, Michigan.

One of my favorite things about living in farm country.

Took this from my bike, which is not really something I recommend.

There are a few days each spring when the wheat fields look like big lawns. The impersonation's particularly effective when there's a farmyard in mid-field. After a week or so the wheat grows too tall to mistake for anything but a crop. And begins to take on a different beauty.

Vierling's Restaurant, Marquette, Michigan. This is their classic wheat, which may have some other name. It's a decent beer. Reportedly the brewpub's best offering is their blueberry wheat, but I'm not in a position to testify.

There are reasons I live in a rural village.... I just love winter wheat. For a few days in early spring the wheat fields are like enormous lawns. Come midsummer the crop quickly turns from green to golden. The fields eventually settle to the tans you see here, with enough variation to keep your interest. Then the farmers bring out their combines and harvest everything. Which is another thing I like about living here. The busy seeds in the foreground are not a typical crop, at least around here, but they're just delightful. Last year's 366 Snaps photo was intended to bring out that busy-ness. During recent years the local farmers have planted shorter wheat varieties than they planted in my youth. I'm sure this makes the crops less vulnerable to summer storms. There are likely other advantages I don't recognize because, at heart, I'm a city boy. A color outtake, today, just because. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 10 Title of " roll :" More Wheat Other photos taken on 7/8/2012: none.