Tuesday
Jul132010
Wordless Wednesday - Cornfields? Muddy.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 6:27PM 
Those socks were brand new and white when he left the house.
tagged Detassling in Wordless Wednesday
Detassling in Wordless Wednesday
Reader Comments (20)
OMG.
OMG.
O.M.G.
UGH!
This calls for a Haiku:
They will not come clean
Not going in MY washer
Just throw them away
Happy Wednesday!
ummm... yuck!
No WAY! What a smart mom to lay a trashbag down in the trunk first. You've done this before?
Do the socks ever come clean? Do the kids?
Brand new socks for detaselling? Yikes!
We saved all of our old ragged tshirts, sweats and sock all year for detasseling season. Then every year I'd buy a new pair of super cheap canvas shoes because they were light weight, could be tossed in the washer and dryer, and while the water and mud always got inside them, they would also usually dry out half way through the day if it was a hot day. If you really hated having wet feet, a lot of the kids would wear knee high socks, then slip a bread bag over each foot, and slip a second sock over that to hold it in place or used athletic tape around the top to hold them up. Beware, because your feet get really, really sweaty this way.
And those big trash bags can be reused as ponchos to keep the morning dew from soaking them to the bone and can be stashed in a lunch box when it isn't needed. . .
Oh wait . . . your Detaselling defined post says you are already wise to the ways of the trash bag poncho.
I suppose I'm the only crazy person who desperately loves hearing about your kids going fieldwork. Can I ask what the fashionable detaseller is wearing for gloves this year? : )
I just want to say I think it is great that your kids have done this beffore and are doing it again. What a great thing to expercience, HARD WORK.
YIKES!!
That's all the words I have, I guess it is wordless wednesday, so that's too many words anyway. Happy Laundry!
I have to tell you, I'm starting to get quite envious - I wanna short summer job in a corn field.
I'm not yet sure why, but I really do.
1) No, the socks never do come truly clean.
2) The socks are new because current fashion dictates mean that my children do not own any socks that come past their ankles so I had to buy them boot-length socks to protect from corn rash/mosquitos/boot chafing.
3) KB - Hayden wanted to try the plastic wrap method but I explained that his feet would be wet either way and he could choose wet from water or wet from claustrophobic sweat. He finally went with the water.
4) We have tried several footwear choices. There is no perfect solution but at least with the tall boots I can hose them off in the driveway and set them out to dry.
Just looking at those pics makes me want to jump in the shower to wash off. Your poor car. (PS the Haiku was awesome!)
Hey, at least they were working and not just rolling in the mud for the heck of it. I have seen kids look that bad just from fooling around. It could have been worse. Also they are finding out just how hard and dirty common labor is...this may help them to decide on alternative career paths.
I picked tomatoes one summer with migrant farmers. I made CERTAIN to finish college after that. OUCH!
Hugs to you and yours,
Ardee-ann
Ok, this drew me out of lurkville! Love your blog--positive I would not love your laundry today, but what a great summer job for kiddo's.
Um.
IX-Nay on the Ornfields-Cay.
What LJW said!
What are you guys doing in the cornfields?
wow. Seriously! How do you even wash stuff like that? Do you or do you just throw it away? :)
This was way too icky to look at, so I scrolled down and looked at those Cookie Dough Brownies instead. Yum!
Ugh! Looks like what happens to us after fossil digging. Except you have to go through every day.
the haiku is priceless. formerly you had me excited about tate detasseling. now i am just plain scared.