The days are getting shorter and the farm is starting to have a very Autumnal 'feel' to it! During September we harvested our spring beans.
Their variety is 'Fuego' and as a bean, they are leguminous, so we use them as a break crop to return nitrogen to the soil before the next crop of wheat is grown. The beans were sown in late March and this year they yielded tremendously well. It is important with beans that they have the correct moisture content when harvested; if they are too dry, the pods shatter and the beans bounce out the front of the combine onto the floor - which is wasteful and expensive!
We are hoping that they will make the grade for human consumption and then they will be off to Egypt; the Egyptians eat huge amounts of beans! It is a windy old place Egypt!!
These pictures above are the before and after; in the pod and after harvesting and cleaning.
Countryside Stewardship 
