A farm site between Kenyon and Faribault.
ALONG GRAVEL ROADS and across fields, farm machinery kicked up dust, shrouding rural southeastern Minnesota in pockets of hazy grey.
Somewhere southeast of Rochester.
Dust sometimes trailed plumes behind tractors.
All American Co-op in Stewartville Saturday afternoon.
Grain bins in Hayfield.
In small towns, tractors pulling grain wagons and trucks loaded with corn or soybeans waited at local elevators.
Bees wings (chaff from corn cobs) accumulate along Main Street in Hayfield.
And bees wings drifted, tinting Main Street and sidewalks red.
Near Root River County Park in Olmsted County.
Near Wanamingo…
In township after township after township, I observed farmers gathering in the crops and working the land on Saturday. A good drying day. Sunshine and crisp temps. Perfect to finish the harvest.
A cluster of bins by Hayfield.
A day trip drive this time of year requires patience as combines, trucks and tractors clog roadways, slowing traffic. But that’s OK. Sometimes we need to creep along, to simply appreciate this land and the farmers who plant, tend and gather in the crops.
© Copyright 2016 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
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