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Thursday, September 7
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The temperatures were in the 90s last week, so I usually took a walk in the morning. I thought it was time to show you what is happening to the corn fields.
As you can see, it is soon time for harvest if it is going to be chopped for silage.
I expect they are going to chop this field, because the harvester has already prepared one row through the field.
Because of the recent heat, the corn stalks are drying quickly.
Even the tassels are showing signs of drying.
The field directly across the road from our house was planted later, so the stalks are greener.
However, the silk is also dry and brown like the other fields.
Above the cornfields there was an interesting cloud. Is it a dinosaur coming up out of the cloud? 🙂
By evening the sky turned gray and we could see rain coming across the fields and hear thunder as the storm approached.
The storm created more noise than rain. There was lots of thunder and one lightning bolt felt like it hit the house. I went outside a few times to make sure the house was okay. Maybe it hit a tree. If it did, we won’t see the results until a tree or a branch begins to die. We have experienced tree strikes several times since we moved here in 1967.
Thunderstorms are so interesting. They can be loud with lots of wind, then when it passes, it is calm and beautiful.
If silage is to be used for feed, is there a point at which it becomes too dry to be used? What happens to it then? This is a wonderful post — I love the cloud transition to the thunderstorm! When lightning hits vegetation here, ti usually means the beginning of fire, usually a spark taking hold in a tree trunk or other wood or in ground level brush. Your description that you will know if something was hit later when it begins to die intrigues me — the lightning must be hitting wet fuel ~ ~ ~ Lovely photos, Doris!
I think there may be a point where it becomes too dry, then the corn is picked, and the corn stalks are used for bedding for some animals. Corn is mixed with a variety of other grains and nutrients and used for cattle feed. Lightening can split trees, then you know right away, especially if it is in our yard. If it is behind us in the woodlot, we many not notice it until later – even next spring.
Thanks — I learn so very much from your posts!
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We only have soybeans on our road this year. I miss seeing the corn.
We have mostly corn this year. There are a few fields of soybeans, but not as many as some years.