(An off-center photo of the bean combine ready to enter the field)
The beans were ready when we got back from Wyoming and Nebraska. So DH pulled the beans, then rod-weeded them.
Let them dry for a week
Today they are at the beanery, being cleaned and sacked to go to some table somewhere out there. Nothing left but bean straw in the field.
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Do you think your beans might make their way to Maine?What brand are they sold under, I’m sure you have mentioned this prior, but I cannot recall.
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I love reading about your crop work!
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I LOVE how you farm! You help keep us all in the healthiest food!!
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Pinto beans, right? We love ’em round here with a big ole slice of cornbread, a thick slice of onion and some fresh ‘maters! Who knows? I may have eaten some of ya’ll’s beans!
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So many things happen on the farm in such a short time! I am thankful for you hard working Earth loving farmers (o:
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I can feel that dirt between my toes. 🙂
~Faith
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Are you able to use the bean straw?
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So how many ton’s of beans did you harvest? What is rod-weeding? You dont bale the bean straw? Sorry lot’s of questions on this one, not that familiar with growning beans… Just cooking them and the global warming issue that results after consumption! HA!
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Hi, Vickie–You just might have 🙂 If there was a red donkey on the bag…well, you probably ate some or at least ate some from Delta County, Colorado!
Thank you, Robyn. We try to be as careful as we can possibly be. Celiac’s Disease runs in the family so we know and understand the importance of good healthy food.
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Thank you, Grammy! I really doesn’t seem like work, but a labor of love.
Faith-And the mud, and the stickers, and the bugs! Giggle!
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Hi, crazysheeplady! No, but the cows love to eat it. They will eat in the bean field even before they head to corn or hay fields. This straw is really just the stems and vines of the bean plant. Nothing as lush as a grain field.
TinaMarie-The tonnage is based on how many plants per acres, our was up this year as we planted more beans, therefore more acres. Prices of beans (to the farmer) is really good, better than most years so we increased by a couple of acres. I can’t quote you our tonnage right now, as I can’t really remember it. It takes 10,000 seeds (corn or beans) to plant 2.5 acres. Your goal is to get at least 2,420 lbs of beans per acre. All of that depends on water,fertilizer, the sun and bugs. We let the ladybugs do their work, trying not to disturb the natural order of things. We try. In 42 years of farming we only twice had a horrible bean beetle infestation. Ladybugs are good and so are praying mantis.
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Julie-I would send you a pound if you would like.
Threecollie- I really enjoy visiting your blog and seeing how you farm. We live in such an amazing world whereby everyone can get to know each other.
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Hope you had a great bean harvest!
It was soooo good to visit with you two again! Our kids were very impressed with mom’s “imaginary blogging friends”!!!! Cant wait to see you again! I have been asked a few more times this past weekend by each one of them…when are we going to CO? Did you and dad plan it out yet? Are we going over the holidays? “I’ll take off school, so whenever…” Anxious teens! I hope we dont have to make them wait tooooo long!
I made it home!!! Daryl is still there finishing up small jobs, custom baling, selling hay. The driver will be in the truck til the 30th so he has a few days to get a things accomplished.
I will look at our local stores for your brand of beans.
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Also….I have enjoyed all your animal posts! LOL
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