Here we are…on the third day of the pinto bean harvest.
First the pinto beans are pulled and gathered into a row.
Then Terry will go back in and run a blade under the row, lifting up any plants still attached to the soil.
After which we wait a spell…it all depends on the weather…sun, heat, wind, or rain
After which he will go back in and combine the now dry plants.ย Once he combines them (shelling the bean pods and putting them into the hopper; loaded onto a large grain truck)
The loads of pinto beans will be hauled to The Beanery where the beans will be sorted, cleaned, bagged and sold.ย Afterward we get our paycheck for the year!
Here is where we are in our farming process—-all the alfalfa is sold, the pinto beans are in the beginning of the process to completion…we are still irrigating the corn.
(Plus we are still irrigating the alfalfa fields…it would not do to have the alfalfa fields go into the winter dehydrated.ย IF that were to happen there would not be any alfalfa to turn into hay next year. ๐
So that is the big excitement here….the first steps of the pinto bean harvest!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Well done. All looks very good. Reading this in Southern Ireland whilst visiting my daughter. Plenty of sheep here. ๐
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Sheep are so pretty to look upon!
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Harvest is such a satisfying, albeit stressful time! I hope all goes well and the weather cooperates for you!
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Thank you, Alica. It what we look for all year! ๐
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Best wishes for fat beans. ๐
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Thank you!
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Congratulations on getting the pinto bean harvest underway. I hope the weather cooperates and the harvest goes quickly without any problems.
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Me too. Beans in the hopper and at the sellers! Done!
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The best pintos around!
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I should have sent some home with you. Sorry
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A paycheck is a good thing! I Hope you have a great harvest!
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Thank you, Connie! It’s the reward of the year!
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i have eaten pinto beans on my lunchtime salad in your honor the last two days. one of our local places has been putting them on the salad bar lately. this is my first time eating them … and i do like the taste. best wishes for your harvests. the neighbor who farms our land says it’s a good year for both the soybeans and corn here. bean plants are shorter than usual, but loaded w/good pods, he says. –suz in ohio
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If you would like some of our pintos I would send you a wee package. Email me so we can exchange addresses. coloradofarmlife@gmail.com
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oh my, what a nice thing to do, linda. thank you; i will email you separately.
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You are most welcome!
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Whew!
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Yes!
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It must be a rewarding time of the year.
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It is! Is so many ways!
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tee hee . . . beanery.
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That is the name of the company who processes our pinto beans.
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Oh, I know. It still sounds funny.
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Busy, busy, busy! I love the light in the last photo Linda ๐
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Thank you, Julie!
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