On the way back home, Skyler took us to watch a seed potato storing operation going on just up the road from their home. Trucks coming in from the field would back up to a big chunk of machinery and dump potatoes into it. The machine would spread the spuds out on a wide conveyor in a single layer so workers further down the conveyor could sort and pick out the dirt, rocks and bad spuds. The conveyor then continued on to a second conveyor that would pile the spuds in a huge pile in a huge Quonset hut style building. The potatoes raised here in the Ashton area are mainly raised as seed potatoes. They are sold to wholesale potato farms who cut them up and plant them to raise potatoes for the market. Since these were seed potatoes that would not be planted until next spring, they are stored over the winter to be sold in the spring.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Kickin' Back
A lazy day. We were pretty road weary, so we just stayed home and enjoyed the young’uns and visited. Addey didn’t have to work until 4 pm. I started in on Skyler’s new laptop trying to solve a problem he had with it. Skyler got home from his new job as a juvenile boys correctional center instructor. I can just here the boys calling out, “Toilet break, Boss?” Oh, not really, but Skyler’s new job should be interesting for him…not to mention he will be getting a welcome pay check after a few years of stuffing college down his craw. Anyway, after Skyler got home, Addey went to work waiting tables at Jud’s, a local restaurant. So, we all packed up and went to Jud’s for a burger…and to pester Addey.
On the way back home, Skyler took us to watch a seed potato storing operation going on just up the road from their home. Trucks coming in from the field would back up to a big chunk of machinery and dump potatoes into it. The machine would spread the spuds out on a wide conveyor in a single layer so workers further down the conveyor could sort and pick out the dirt, rocks and bad spuds. The conveyor then continued on to a second conveyor that would pile the spuds in a huge pile in a huge Quonset hut style building. The potatoes raised here in the Ashton area are mainly raised as seed potatoes. They are sold to wholesale potato farms who cut them up and plant them to raise potatoes for the market. Since these were seed potatoes that would not be planted until next spring, they are stored over the winter to be sold in the spring.
On the way back home, Skyler took us to watch a seed potato storing operation going on just up the road from their home. Trucks coming in from the field would back up to a big chunk of machinery and dump potatoes into it. The machine would spread the spuds out on a wide conveyor in a single layer so workers further down the conveyor could sort and pick out the dirt, rocks and bad spuds. The conveyor then continued on to a second conveyor that would pile the spuds in a huge pile in a huge Quonset hut style building. The potatoes raised here in the Ashton area are mainly raised as seed potatoes. They are sold to wholesale potato farms who cut them up and plant them to raise potatoes for the market. Since these were seed potatoes that would not be planted until next spring, they are stored over the winter to be sold in the spring.
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