We’ve had rain…the days damp and the mornings with a chill
The days warm up nicely.
The pinto bean harvest came to a screeching halt—the bean puller broke…
Then as it got fixed…
The rains came. Which means Terry will have to go out and lift all the plants up out of the soil, (rains smashes plants) before he can combine the two fields—there is still one to pull and let dry and then combine.
I’ve been canning…pineapple candy peppers and
Salsa
Plus we’ve turned off water to the place. Irrigation is done for the year. The only thing left now will be picking up the syphon tubes and flushing out the ditches.
Fall galloped in…complete with wild geese flying over us in the wind!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
You two work so hard! Love your header photo
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It was a perfect fall photo! You and Ralph are right up there in the work department with us!
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Some of your geese may be coming to spend the winter with us.
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They are heading in here from Canada. I’ll bet some are heading from Canada to you also!
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What a full, wonderful day!! Love that John Deer – I have a Kubota. There is something about the chug, chug, chug of a tractor – just feels right
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You made me smile…you are so right!
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Yummy canning! I never even knew a bean puller was a thing! So happy it’s up and running – otherwise how would beans get pulled??? Yikes!
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Gotta get ’em out of the ground and drying! Soon to combine them! Soon, but not yet!
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Your header photo is gorgeous. Your canning looks yummy. 😋 Is the salsa recipe a family secret? Is it hot?
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Not a secret recipe. And not hot. If you would like it I can send it to you!
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Yes, thank you.
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I used the one from here—YUMMM! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/214893/the-best-fresh-tomato-salsa/
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Oh I enjoy using their recipes. Especially if there is a video.
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Me too! And they always work!
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Thank you 😊
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You are most welcome 🙂
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After all the years of following you, I’m now familiar with the rhythm of your busy days and years, and this felt like being there to do all the autumn tasks I’ve watched you do so often !!!!
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Terry is saying for certain and sure this IS his last year to farm…at 73 he wants to stop. I always wonder if he really will. I guess only time will tell!
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Gorgeous photos! Wish I was there to help you do some canning ~ then I could learn more . Sounds yummy! I picked about 12 lbs of tomatoes today – was in the mood for sauce. Don’t know if I’ll can it or freeze it. Fall is just so… comforting. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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And so BUSY!!!
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I’m realizing that there is always — always — something that needs fixing. In farming and in life. Just the way it is. But fixing it is our purpose, and that makes us happy…and so it is all OK, because it all belongs.
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You are so wise! It does!!!
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You don’t need the rain just yet, we need the rain! Farming….lol. Fall is wonderful though.
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We don’t need any rain now for at least two weeks…but another storm is coming in soon. Terry is pulling beans again today!
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we finally got some rain. We had been holding off planting wheat in hopes that we would.
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You can have ours…we can’t seem to get the last field of beans in for the rain 😦
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The perspective on the sun shot made it look for a second like weird palm type trees…until I realized they were flowers ;-D.
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Garlic gone to seed. They sure have been fun to watch sticking up there!
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You have been busy! I love homemade salsa! 🙂
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Me too! I can make a meal of it!
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I have this feeling that fall is just going to wiggle her fingers at us and move on quickly. Darn that old machine having the audacity to break down just when you need it. And now to get it all ready for winter. We had rain too and were so happy to see it help put the forest fires down a bit. We certainly needed it.
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You do! I hope you have lots more rain!!!
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We are having 4 days of it and our fire is now 46% contained!!! Yippee!! Then dry again. 😦
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YAY!
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Fall does gallop in doesn’t it? Good luck with those beans .. wish I lived closer, I’d love to give you a hand. And I could sample your salsa too 😉
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I wish you did too!!! 🙂
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