It’s that time of year…when the cultivator stops and the human weeder takes over (ME)
Early, early morning and after 8 o’clock in the evening out we go…Terry to change the water and Boomer and I to weed the pinto beans. Up and down, up and down, pulling out the cockle burs, the sunflowers, and other nasty things.
I’m making headway. Almost done for the season. The pinto beans are starting to shoot feelers, from that point on if a weed wants to grow, it will get too. I won’t be able to get in there to stop them from developing.
Two more days and I will be done. Two more days. I’m into the count down.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Wish I could come help you.
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NOW THAT would be fun!
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Yes! It would!
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well, if we (B ‘n mee) weren’t so busy doing unimportant (don’t say that to her!) yardwork, we should consider assisting with something useful !
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You wouldn’t like the hot sweaty field work. I promise you. But thank you. We were on Cotton Wood and Dry Mesa today.
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I’ve heard Jim Jensen’s dinosaur digs are up on Dry Mesa — didja drive up from Escalante or come in from above?
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Hummm we come up our side…on the 25 road.
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and, I’ve gotten to the point where I can sometimes do, oh, up to 2.5 maybe, (3?) hours of hot sweaty work — but it’ll take twice that long to do it! (beer and rest time sometimes == the work)
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I only do one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. Then I’m done. Exhausted and tired.
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Around here, we don’t think of sunflowers as “nasty things” but when they’re in the pinto beans…. they have GOT TO GO!
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Oh, yes! Their seed is the same size as a pinto bean–then when they go into the cleaner with the beans we have to pay to have them removed.
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I don’t think most people realize how much farm work still needs to be done by hand. It’s good to know this job is about finished for the season.
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YES! The field work by hand is the worst part of all the farm work.
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Thank you all for all you do!
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That is a huge field. Good thing you have Boomer to help
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It’s a HUGE field. I’m almost done! YAY!
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Is that a corn stalk snuck in there? Mine are still so small – we haven’t had any sunshine. Rats!
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Yes, last years gift! I’m chopping them out.
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pinto beans — one of the potential “common denominator” of basic foods ! (I like beans, U-NO-HOO duzzn’t).
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If you would like some of Brown’s beans next fall let me know.
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¡ definitavimente !
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Okay! It’s a deal
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I certainly don’t envy you with that “weeding” task.
Still it has to be done and that’s that.
Never thought of the problem with the sunflower seed costing
removal fees when you harvest.
Sunflowers are pretty – the movie: “Calendar Girls” and the
sunflowers of Yorkshire, UK, and what they meant.
Just keep telling yourself – 2 days more and time will fly, I hope
for your knees and back.
That is awfully late – 8.00 pm to be weeding???
Obviously the sun sets very late at this time of year in Colorado.
Cheers and great report of information.
Colin
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It’s getting to be twilight at 9 o’clock, and the gloaming is after. It is also much cooler at that time, but also full of biting flies and such. And the wind has died down…I couldn’t handle the heat during the day, even if I like heat. It is just too hot.
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dayphoto is in the same time zone/twilight zone/ as I. I went out at after 8 p.m. (we HAD TO watch “last ship” first) to try to discover and isolate a ruptured pipe in our yard spinkling system. after some digging and cutting-back of brush: conclusion: call the plumber tomorrow!
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Darn, bad deal broken pipe. Never good. Twilight is good for doing lots of work.
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You work so hard, I remember when we used to go out and weed the fields…it is hard work:)
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I’m sure you’re glad for that day to be so near!
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Wednesday I think.
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Those sound like some nasties to have to be pulling! One more day and counting I hope!
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Wednesday I shall be done!
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We used to load the kids up and go chop Devils Claws out of the milo. It wasn’t very fun, but it was kinda fun. Know what I mean? 😉
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Yes, I do. No kids for us anymore, just me. Devils Claws are rather pretty but very nasty!
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Very nasty! 👎
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Good luck with your two days Linda! Pity I don’t live closer, I’m pretty darn good at weeding 😃
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Thank you, Julie! Looks like tomorrow evening I will be done. The beans are starting to bloom and shoot feelers. Once they start to shoot the feelers the rows grow shut in about three days. I’m not sad to be done.
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