The Bean Combine is Waiting to Do the Job of Harvesting the Beans

The Rod-Weeder

This special rod goes under the row of beans, lifts them up so they  are light and fluffy, pulls any weeds left in the ground, so the weeds can dry along with the beans.

The Bean Puller

The bean puller sets on the front of the tractor, is full of special rods that pull up the beans and push them into rows.

The Bean Puller

When pulled the beans are allowed to dry for at least a week.  The weather needs to hold, hot and dry.  If the rains come the rows will be smashed flat and the beans buried in the mud.  Not good!  Hot, dry weather, no wind, is what we need now.

Time to Pull the Beans to Ready for Harvest

Pulling the beans and heaping them into a row, takes dew.  Mornings are chilly now so it is back to wearing a coat as the farming process continues. 

Clean Water Behind the Scraper

Mud is Scoped Up and Pushed Away From the Sides of the Ditch

Scraper Enters the Ditch

The Ditch is Full of Mud

So Terry made a Scraper, which will clean out all the mud, without the backbreaking work of shoveling.

The Queen and Her Court Arrive at the Faire