Step Two is to blade the beans—which means the next day, after the pinto beans are pulled Terry goes back in with a special blade
Designed to go under the rows of beans, lifting them up and cutting off any weeds or beans the bean puller missed.
All of this MUST be done in the very cool of the morning—it would NOT do to have the pinto beans pods shatter and spill all the pinto beans onto the ground; lost in the dirt.
Once the stems and weeds and pods get to the right level of dryness we harvest!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Absolutely a super process. Love pinto beans!
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Me too! I’m fixing us a pot fresh from the field. The best type of pintos!
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Fresh off the field…they must be so flavorful.
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We are grateful for your hard work to bring us pinto beans. We enjoy them in chili and other dishes. Thank you.
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You are most welcome…chili, baked beans, refried beans, with corn bread…..Yum.
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such a precarious process, it seems.
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Like a crap shoot—farmers are gamblers, that is for sure.
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I always find the details totally fascinating.
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The ultimate goal! Harvest! Once the beans are sold we have MONEY!
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I know this is a busy time for both of you, but it seems as if the pinto bean harvest is going well.
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So far so good. If the weather stays warm and dry for a couple of weeks we will be done!!!
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Excellent account of the harvesting of the pinto bean crop.
I sure hope that for all this work, you are well rewarded with the
crop price.
Cheers
Colin
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If we get in early we hope to get a good price…if we get in with the crowd the price drops dramatically.
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Way to go, edging toward harvest! š
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Every day closer!
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