Some, but not all, of these beans we will keep for our use and the kids’ use and Terry will give some away to a neighbor or two.
The rest is hauled to the beanery where really good prices are to be had this year.
A Pile of Red Beans
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Category Archives: Life on a Colorado Farm
Western Colorado Pinto Bean Harvest (Yummy Red Beans)
When I got home from work Terry was just going down the field for the second time.
The combine picks up three rows at a time, just right for our needs. (watching in my contribution. Sometimes I have to do something, but it is never anything ‘really big’.) I know there are those out there with REALLY BIG heads, but this one works for Terry.
The bean straw left behind is the favorite food of the cows once we turn them into the field.
Tallin Rose McCormick
She is the first baby in our family to have copper colored hair. (My Momma would have delighted in the color!)
Bladen and Tallin
Bladen is a very good big brother, he plays with Tallin a lot, and she loves it!
I Love Where We Live
Big sky’s, blue mountains, the sun, the moon, the rain, growing things….what more could a person ask for?
On Our Way to the Baths
Life is just so much fun, especially if you can take a daily bath, sometimes a bath or two, or maybe just a wallow in the dirt.
The River Has Run Dry
Just as the Rubidoux does every year, the river runs dry. I am sure this is why the little log house started to fall is disrepair. (See earlier post)
A Summer Afternoon Activity
Since Terry retired he finally has some leisure in his days. Ahhhh, setting under the canopy playing a game, nice!
The Beans are Pulled
The beans are pulled and rowed, they will stay this way until all the leaves and weeds dry up. The stems of the beans have to dry to a certain point before the combine can come in.
Corn-Field Corn-Picking Corn-Feed Corn…..
Just like anything living, corn also has oddities in its lineage. This corn ear decided to grow on the top of the stalk, in place of one of the tassels.
Corn is food for deer, but not like food for you and I. Deer love to eat the silk. They will eat the kernels too, but yummm, they LOVE the silk!
The love to eat the silk just as the little kernels are forming, of course, that kills the ear. This ear has withered on the stalk from Deer munching silk.
This is the new variety of corn Terry grew this year.
