Wednesday, September 24, 2014

S/Alphaba-Thursday

Harvesting SPUDS

S is for SPUDS (AKA potatoes)

It's potato harvest time for here in Ontario.

Harvested potaoes are emptied into a BIG truck

Traveling down a country road, my husband and I spied this orange machine harvesting potatoes and loading them on to a big white but rusty truck.

The harvester pulled by tractor

So, of course, we stopped to watch. That truck holds a lot of 5-pound bags of spuds!

Quality control?

I am linking to Jenny Matlock at Alphabe-Thursday HERE 

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46 comments:

  1. orchid0324September 24, 2014 at 5:27 AM

    Oh, farming scene for me is really interesting♬♬♬ Good looking tractor and must be larger scale than here in Japan.

    Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*

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  2. UnknownSeptember 24, 2014 at 6:47 AM

    Very nice contrasts!

    Hugs
    JetteMajken

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  3. Billy Blue EyesSeptember 24, 2014 at 7:03 AM

    Spud is also my Nickname, least on eof them

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  4. William KendallSeptember 24, 2014 at 8:42 AM

    My parents knew farmers who grew potatoes every year. This time of the year they were exceedingly busy.

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  5. RevrunnerSeptember 24, 2014 at 8:49 AM

    Headed for a table near you. :-)

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  6. KateSeptember 24, 2014 at 9:01 AM

    So much better than the backbreaking task of digging them by hand. I'm surprised that they are not damaged by the machinery, tho.

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  7. MersadSeptember 24, 2014 at 9:18 AM

    Lovely scenes from the farm.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  8. TexWisGirlSeptember 24, 2014 at 9:21 AM

    oh, YUM! have never seen a potato harvester in action. thanks! my brother-in-law used to drive trucks and such for the potato farmers in UP Mich.

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  9. Ruth KellySeptember 24, 2014 at 10:21 AM

    Someone is hard at work. When I was a girl, we all got a day off school to pick potatoes.

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  10. Linda W.September 24, 2014 at 10:33 AM

    Interesting series of photos. I always wondered how they harvested potatoes.

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  11. John @ Beans and I on the LooseSeptember 24, 2014 at 10:47 AM

    Oh that would be fun to watch. I'd probably have questions though.

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  12. HalcyonSeptember 24, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    I don't know why, but it's always interesting to see people at work like this. I love the big machines especially!

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  13. JudySeptember 24, 2014 at 11:04 AM

    I once lived near a potato field and after the harvest, people were allowed to go in and dig up the ones that were missed. Those were the best tasting ones that I ever had, right out of the field.

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  14. Sylvia KSeptember 24, 2014 at 11:45 AM

    Love that colorful, big machine!! And that is a BIG truck indeed! Lots of potato salad there!! Terrific colorful captures! Hope your week is going well, EG!! Enjoy!

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  15. MadSnapperSeptember 24, 2014 at 11:50 AM

    i showed this to hubby and he said look at all the jobs lost.. he remembers when they were dug by hand and i remember because i had to dig them for my dad... we did not dig, we pulled up the bush and shook them off. love the pics and what a find on your drive

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  16. StephanieSeptember 24, 2014 at 12:11 PM

    Nice series of shots!

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  17. BirdmanSeptember 24, 2014 at 12:39 PM

    Pass the butter, please. I'll be a happy man!

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  18. RedPatSeptember 24, 2014 at 4:19 PM

    That's a great series, EG!

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  19. eileeninmdSeptember 24, 2014 at 5:26 PM

    Thanks for sharing the potato harvest, it is a new sight for me.. Great series.

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  20. Deb @ Frugal Little BungalowSeptember 24, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    Suddenly I want mashed potatoes and gravy :)

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  21. Ginny HartzlerSeptember 24, 2014 at 5:50 PM

    I have never seen potato harvesting before! I never would have known what the orange machine is doing. The colors are fantastic!

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  22. UnknownSeptember 24, 2014 at 6:20 PM

    Nice vibrant colours! :)

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  23. carol l mckennaSeptember 24, 2014 at 6:41 PM

    Great shots for S ~ love the colors, composition and textures!

    artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)

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  24. JimSeptember 24, 2014 at 8:06 PM

    We sometimes call them Spuds too. Good "S" word.

    On the farm where I grew up we had a very large potato garden. We used a one row horse plow to dig them up and turn them over. Then us kids would follow up and pick them all up into baskets.
    ..

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  25. RoseSeptember 24, 2014 at 10:12 PM

    Just imagine digging all of those by hand! I cannot help but think things like that.

    This is really interesting. I have never seen one.

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  26. RandySeptember 24, 2014 at 10:25 PM

    Oh no, they maybe headed for the masher.

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  27. CloudiaSeptember 24, 2014 at 10:36 PM

    Great photos, and I do enjoy the word spuds!



    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^= . <3 . >< } } (°>

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  28. A Colorful WorldSeptember 24, 2014 at 10:55 PM

    S for spuds! Perfect! Beautiful orange harvester, too!

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  29. fredamansSeptember 25, 2014 at 12:00 AM

    Very cool. Not something I've seen before, and if I did, I'd have to watch too. :-)

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  30. MaschaSeptember 25, 2014 at 1:04 AM

    Cool pictures!
    Finally I know, what "spud" means - I have a reader called Spud ;-)

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  31. Small City ScenesSeptember 25, 2014 at 1:10 AM

    I like watching potato harvest. MB

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  32. UnknownSeptember 25, 2014 at 2:53 AM

    Nice photos! When I was a child we, the whole family, harvested potatoes by hand. How easy to have machines do all the work!=)

    //Scaniatjejen
    http://www.scaniatjejen.se

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  33. IndraniSeptember 25, 2014 at 3:58 AM

    Very colorful!
    Nice shots!

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  34. DarlaSeptember 25, 2014 at 7:26 AM

    Colorful series. I have never seen commercial potatoes harvested, just the ones in a home garden harvested by hand.

    Darla

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  35. DarlaSeptember 25, 2014 at 7:26 AM

    Colorful series. I have never seen commercial potatoes harvested, just the ones in a home garden harvested by hand.

    Darla

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  36. Jenn JilksSeptember 25, 2014 at 8:32 AM

    I've never seen one! Beautiful colours in your photos!

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  37. JudySeptember 25, 2014 at 8:44 AM

    You know, I never wondered how it was done on the big farms...

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  38. Rocky Mountain WomanSeptember 25, 2014 at 10:02 AM

    wow - that is surely a lot of potatoes....mnnn...fried, mashed, escalloped....

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  39. PerthDailyPhotoSeptember 25, 2014 at 1:14 PM

    Imagine they used to do all that by hand EG, must have taken forever!

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  40. Pam Beers.September 25, 2014 at 5:48 PM

    Interesting photos. What amazes me is who put together the machinery to do all the harvesting? Farm equipment of this magnitude is very costly. I'm surprised potatoes aren't more expensive. Love them...cooked any way.

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  41. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2014 at 6:26 PM

    How fascinating to watch!

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  42. JennySeptember 25, 2014 at 7:34 PM

    Years ago, my son went to PEI on a high school trip and, being a country boy,thought it was hilarious that tourists paid to dig potatoes. He appreciated the entrepreneurial acumen of the farmers though.

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  43. Sallie (FullTime-Life)September 26, 2014 at 1:52 AM

    Fancy machine. In parts of Idaho, years ago, schools would close for a week during 'spud harvest' time so kids could help. I suppose that is a thing of the past now.

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  44. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2014 at 3:21 AM

    I love potatoes! As well as that bright orange machinery:)

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  45. Pat TillettSeptember 27, 2014 at 1:25 AM

    That is a lot of french fries!
    Nice photos...

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  46. Susan AndersonOctober 1, 2014 at 2:55 PM

    I love me some spuds, but they're even better with that bright orange machine!

    =)

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