The Beauty of Planting Season.

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A photo essay of spring planting in Minnesota, told from two different perspectives. 🙂

First let me say that May is a verrry busy month around here. I bet you’ve seen enough of my field/landscape pictures to be able to guess why! Yep. This time of year, farming really picks up (as an understatement). Bjorn has been gone a lot more in the afternoons and evenings and weekends, working on farming tasks with his dad or with his grandpa. And this is outside of his full-time teaching and once-a-month army drill weekends! That man’s work ethic is incredible (insert all the heart eyes). Meanwhile, I am learning how to be an understanding wife who can drop what I’m doing to help with a ride out to a field, or prepare snacks for the men on their longest days, or simply have a very quiet day at home… Growing up in a non-farming community, I have been pretty naive when it comes to all things farming. I mean, I did grow up close enough to a field of corn to know what it looked like (ha!) but 2 years ago, I didn’t know what the words “Allis-Chalmers” or “the bin site” or “auger” meant. And if I drove past a field cultivator or planter or combine or chisel plow…I had no idea which it was. I remember fondly the first day I was driving past a field with Bjorn and was able to say, “Those are soybeans for sure!”  🙂

Counting how many soybeans were planted per foot

So, last weekend was insane. Bjorn farmed after school until late in the evening on Thursday and on Friday, and was farming on Saturday from 5 am till 2 am that next night!!! Because when the weather allows and it’s time to plant – you plant and plant and plant and plant! I spent time over at my in-laws’ place on Saturday so I could help them plant our combined massive garden! I was close enough to the field to see Bjorn chugging back and forth in the tractor, but we were engrossed in our own version of spring planting! It was such a rewarding weekend of hard work (and sunburn and dirt)! More so for Bjorn and his father, but we were out in the garden for over 5 hours planning and planting everything, so my mother-in-law and sis-in-law and I felt pretty good about our progress too.

Here’s a peek at planting from the guys’ farming perspective:

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And here’s a glimpse at our day of planting the garden:

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Making the plans 🙂

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If you look closely, you can see Bjorn chugging back and forth across the field 🙂

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The final result!! Not much to look at – yet – but it’s all planted!!!! 🙂

And now that planting’s done…

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Rain. 🙂

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I’ll leave you with a very important question about this lifestyle:

What is the best definition of a farmer?

One who is out standing in his field. 😉

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4 Comments

  1. These photos make me want to get out and grow something…even though I don’t have a yard 🙂

    1. 🙂 My neighbor has a couple smaller “raised plant beds” on legs, so they’re about countertop-height! She keeps them outside but I almost wonder if some cute smaller version could work indoors? 🙂 Any kind of plants anywhere are fun and really brighten up a space. Thanks, Meghan!

    1. Haha, oh thanks, Daisy! 🙂 I think the black-and-white effect hid a bit of the sweat and exhaustion during that water break!! 🙂 The planting was so fun, though – it kind of gave us a newfound energy, just being outdoors!

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