Every morning during the summer we can be found out in the field picking the day's sweet corn. We have a bit of a unique method, using recycled soybean bags to hold the corn and as a soft backboard to throw it against. We usually have a crew of between 5-8 people.
Here is a slideshow of us doing our thing:
In the field
Each row gets another 2.5 feet further away from the rack
Row 8 is about a 24 feet throw
Paige always gets the outside row
A misty morning in 2008
Most mornings have a heavy dew like this
Late September 2006, it was 36 degrees
One of the perks is getting to see a spectacular sunrise every morning
Have to stop to do a little calculation on how much more to pick 2009
John Klaber in 2004 ready to get to work
Another sunrise from the tractor in 2006
Katie & Jenna Brown and cousin Jonathan Glenn 2008
Josh Brown with the big windup in 2008
8 year old Megan Brown in 2008
Jenna and Katie Brown 2007
Paige Brown undoing the ropes in 2007
Josh Brown goofing around in 2012
Chris Weinard and Bill Hughes in 2009
Danny Brown overseeing the picking operation
John Klaber, king of the witty morning banter 2009
Michelle Grimes (Paige's sister) in 2009
Good sight in 2009...good standing good yielding corn
Pickers view of things with Chris Weinard 2009
Scott Hudson, Bill Hughes, Toby Brown, Chris Weinard, Michelle Grimes, John Klaber and Paige Brown 2009
Herb Glenn and John Klaber 2009
Another shot of the crew at work
Josh Brown taking aim 2009
Katie Brown 2009
A view of our rig in the field
Toby Brown, Dean Cloud and Bill Hughes rearranging the corn during a break
Sometimes things are a little weedier then we they should be...Josh Brown 2009
Break time!
This sight repeated thousands of times per day
Crew hard at work
Toby Brown sidearming an ear in 2009
Scott Hudson on his pace in 2009
Paige and Toby Brown take a momentary pause to talk things over
The guys just have mudboots, the girls have FANCY mudboots!
Paige and Toby Brown making some decisions
Chris Weinard and Dan Brown heading to the barnlot 2009
Jay Kindle during a break in 2009
Jay Kindle, Whitley Klaber, Paige Brown and Michelle Grimes riding in to the barnlot
Jonathan Glenn hard at work
Paige and Jay with the sun coming up
Toby doing a little field quality inspection
Josh Brown with driving duties
Tanya Tovey, John Klaber and Jonathan Glenn taking a break 2011
Megan Brown on the rack in 2011
