You likely know by now that I am a farmer. A proud and sometimes outspoken one, especially when getting hit over the head by ignorant - as in ignorant of my business- media, bloggers, and population in general!
Today I would like to begin to introduce you to my life- life outside of sewing that is!
Let's call it...
Farming 101
I'll start gently. With bean harvest.
Kidney beans. We all eat them, although they are not my favouite bean! We plant them in the spring - about the beginning of June. They take a lot of care, and we like to keep a close eye on them, especially in rainy years like this one was. They are prone to mould and a little bug called "leaf hoppers" who like to eat holes in the leaves and otherwise wreek havoc on the crop. We have to weigh the cost of pesticides and herbicides against the effect any action or non- action would have on the resulting yield. (On the soapbox here ) We eat what we grow - hell people- all farmers do- and I am adamant that we are as responsible stewards of our land and animals as 99% of other farmers out there- organic or conventional! (off soapbox!)
On to a day in the life of bean harvest..
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MyMike heads out in the middle of the night with the bean puller. The night dew keeps the pods from splitting open! The puller rips them from the ground, and places them in nice neat windrows ready for combining.
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Sometimes we use big tractor trailers for the beans, but this year they were going to a facility just down the road, buy cheapest lamisil cream on line, Lamisil cream in uk, so we saved some transportation costs and got our "son for the summer" Bart to drive the tractor.
The combine is STILL coming! 
I share combine driving with a friend of ours. You have to be very particular with settings and speed, but it is very satisfying work to see the beans in the end. You need to be careful not to plug it up though and break anything- like heavy duty link chains. One year I managed to break a chain (different model of combine) and also managed to break my arm when a link from the chain flew off and hit me in the arm, purchase lamisil cream online, Lamisil cream cheap, then hit and broke the window of the pickup truck! My husband and our friend looked at me.
"um what are you going to do now?"
It hurt like heck, lowest price lamisil cream, Lamisil cream us, but I knew the right answer by the look in their eyes.
"Get back in the tractor and drive"!!
Two days later I finally got a cast on. You can be sure that I keep a VERY repectful distance away when I screw up now.
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Dumping the beans....
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WHO ARE YOU AND HOW ARE YOU BLOGGING SO MUCH???
love your #1 daughter.
I’m still eating pork. The only pig that has had swine flu caught it from a human. I learned this only Larry King Live last night per Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
I forgot to add that we should all love farmers. Without farmers we don’t eat. Just try living without eating!
Wow! I eat kidney beans every winter (cooked with ham hocks in my slow cooker). I never thought of all the steps it takes to get the beans to the supermarket. Thank you!
What a NEAT story, Connie!! Sorry you broke your arm, though–you’re really QUITE a “trooper”…
Soft H1N1 elbow hug,
Rhonda in Montreal (PR)
Thank God for modern machinery! And farmers willing to grow produce (or raise animals) to feed us all.
What a great post – I love the inside scoop on harvesting. Living down here in Essex County, I have complete respect for farmers – it’s makes me sad every time I see another farm being sold to put in housing developments. So, keep up the good work!
As a vegetarian, I eat beans every day, so keep growing them!
PS Thanks for growing them. They are delicious.
Connie, you are a marvel and much braver than I. Thanks for all your hard work with this. I may just link our farm site to your posts, if you think that would be okay….
Go right ahead Elaine! Thanks for all the positive comments everyone!
(I think today will be our first good harvest day this whole rainy season. Some years we’re almost done by now…)
You know where I stand on all this. There is so much misinformation and disinformation out there, and the general public is really at the mercy of those with certain agendas to promote.
Without the herbicides that my husband develops and farmers use responsibly, and the fungicides and insecticides that are safe and used responsibly, there would be a lot more hungry people in the world.
Thanks for the pictorial on bean farming!
Amen!
As a Farmer’s Daughter (Dairy) I understand, even if it’s been decades!
My dad lost part of a finger with some piece of farm equipment (can’t remember if it was a corn picker, corn planter, or a combine) Oh the stories I could tell about the mishaps/tragedies on farms.
I didn’t know, however that they made combines for crops other than oats. I’m sure there’s alot I don’t know though.
My dad had to quit school in the 8th grade to help with the family farm. He went into the service when he was 18 and DID NOT go into farming upon returning home. I love kidney beans and I promise to think of you the next time I make chile!!
Wow! Those beans look gorgeous right in the tractor! Thanks so much for the pictoral look into a portion of your life, farming is such an interesting, but oft not well understood, practice.
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That was such an interesting and informative post. Yesterday we got a brochure from our community college about adult ed classes and one was vegetable gardening. Every year I want a vegetable garden, just a small one to start, and don’t know how to go about it at all. Just want something simple to plant maybe four or five things. And every year it doesn’t happen. You know why? Because when I should be tilling and planting, I’m in the house sewing
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