Re: Dry Beans Re-Visited

Posted by Allan in NE on March 13, 2005 at 09:11:18 from (148.78.243.26):

In Reply to: Re: Dry Beans Re-Visited posted by Leroy on March 13, 2005 at 08:41:03:

Hi Leroy,

Yep, that's how we used to do it here too and it was my first lesson in sleep depravation.

You started the cutting and raking at about 1am (or whenever the dew came down) and went until 8 or 9am when the vines started getting fragile.

Grabbed a little sleep until noon and combined all afternoon until the trucks were full. Then hauled the silly things 100 miles to the beanery and got home at midnight. Fueled up, greased the machinery and started all over again.

And all the while, hoping beyond hope that the wind wouldn’t come up. Cut beans, when raked, were just like dollar bills laying on a lawn; just a little bitty wind and they would be gone; shelling out on the ground as they rolled.

Last step in the process is to rough the resultant open ground perpendicular to the prevailing winds. Failing to do so in this country leaves you without topsoil over winter.

Allan

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