Terry pulled half the pinto beans yesterday before the dew left and the pods became too dry.  Pintos have to be pulled early so the dew will keep the bean pods from cracking open and spilling the pinto beans out onto the ground.  Once the beans are spilled there is no way to pick them back up.

Today he has been out there since full light.  He hopes to get the other half of the field done before the heat hits.

Depending on the weather he will wait about a week then start combining the rows, gathering the beans into the hopper and then the truck and then off to the Beanery to be sacked and sold.

Rain clouds keep building every afternoon, which causes us a huge amount of tension.  So far so good, the storms stay around us in the foothills and on the plateau, which is good.

Another thing that is good is we sometimes get a rainbow!

Feeding the bees seems to be working. I use a dollop of honey early in the day…by nightfall it’s all cleaned up.

Terry also said we are on the very last irrigation of the corn.  Boy, has summer ever flown.  Although, we will still irrigate the hay fields the work load of changing water is fast disappearing.

I’m not sure but I think most of the adult Hummingbirds have left, I still have lots of little ones feeding.  I’m not having to fill the feeders as much so I’m thinking this is a sign the large majority of those delightful little birds have gone.  I know the Bullock Orioles are gone since I haven’t seen any for two weeks now.

I’m off now to fork the bean ends back so we don’t lose any…those tiny little beans are what we’ve been working all summer to have.  🙂

Your friend,

Linda