Fall Farm Scenes in Kansas

Fall is one of the busiest times on the farms of Washington County. It's the time for harvest of Corn, Milo (Grain Sorghum), Soybeans, and Sunflowers. This is also the time that Winter Wheat is planted. This was an especially difficult Fall for farmers to get the work done, with slow maturing crops, about two to three weeks behind normal and rain interrupting the field work. The harvest is finally winding down in early November with several days of favorable weather. These are scenes across the County and northern Clay County of the Fall crops and harvest.

Corn has been planted on more acres each year in Washington County, as farmers plant less Milo. This is a field just east of Hanover.


Cornfield in the Little Blue River bottoms east of Washington


A large hill south of Barnes with a cornfield in the foreground


Winter Wheat is planted in late September and October and is harvested in June and July the following year. This is a field of newly seeded wheat near Hanover.


Wheat growing on a hillside


Soybean field in the foreground and the ruins of a country school in the background between Hanover and Washington


Harvesting Soybeans on my farm along Peats Creek west of Linn


A field of Sunflowers awaits harvest on my neighbor's farm near Linn


Closeup of a Sunflower seed head


Milo (Grain Sorghum) is widely grown in Kansas, in fact the state is number one in Milo production. It's primarily used as livestock feed. The next photos show fields of ripening Milo.


Milo field north of Hanover


Closeup of Milo


A field of Milo northeast of Washington


Harvesting Milo near Linn


My Brother-in-law harvesting Milo in northern Clay County on Veteran's Day


Many farmers have semis to haul grain from the field to the elevator


The grain elevator in Greenleaf


A pile of Milo at the Farmers Coop in Hanover

White-breasted Nuthatch

Ring-billed Gulls

Fall Foliage In Washington County Kansas

Halloween afternoon I decided to go for a drive to see how the harvest was progressing and to see if there was any Fall colors remaining. While most of the native trees in Washington County are bare of leaves, the maples and several other species that have been planted in the towns were still quite colorful. I traveled mostly through the eastern part of the County stopping in Greenleaf, Barnes, Hanover, and Washington, it was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine, it was a nice way to spend the afternoon.

A Ginkgo tree beside Saint John's Catholic Church in Hanover

Another view of the tree







Closeup of the leaves



Street scene in Washington





A tree on the Court House grounds in Washington is turning color while most of the trees remain green.

Beautiful Maple leaves





Mill Creek Dam in Washington

Washington City Park

Harris's Sparrow

Greater Yellowlegs

A Football Saturday at Kansas State

On Saturday October 17th a friend of mine and I attended the football game between the Kansas State Wildcats and the Aggies of Texas A&M in Manhattan. K-State had lost the week before to Texas Tech in Lubbock by a lopsided score and so we didn't know exactly what to expect, the Aggies were a solid favorite entering the game. We were pleasantly surprised by the play of Kansas State who dominated the game from start to finish, the Wildcats had a 38-0 halftime lead and ended up winning by a final score of 62-14. It turned out to be a nice way to spend a crisp October afternoon and evening.

We walked through campus on the way to the stadium, this is Anderson Hall the Kansas State University administration building, construction began in 1877 and was completed in 1884.


Scene in front of Anderson Hall


The next pictures show some of the Fall foliage on the Kansas State University Campus


















We arrive at Bill Snyder Family Stadium


The Dev Nelson Press Box named for the longtime play by play announcer for the Wildcats


The east stadium viewed from the press box area


The view from the east side of the stadium looking north toward the KSU Agronomy Farms and the hills beyond






The Stadium Lights at Sunset


The scoreboard near the end of the first quarter