To show how quickly the season goes, the header photo (above) is one taken of the beans early in the season beginning to blossom.  Here we are August 21st and below is a current photo of the pinto bean field and the pintos themselves.  They are beginning to dry out.  For those who do not know, pinto beans grow similarly to green beans, as a bush bean.  However, to harvest the dry bean, we allow the plant to die and produce the dry bean.  Once fully dry, the pinto bean plants are cut, then thrashed (to separate the  pinto bean from the hull), cleaned and bagged.  Currently we are about two weeks from harvest.  Always check with us please via the website or by calling to see when they will be in the Farm Market.

For those who have never visited our Farm Market, it is a short drive through the canyon east of Albuquerque about 30 miles.  We have a great selection of garden vegetables (all non-gmo and naturally grown) that are harvested each morning before we open.  On Saturdays and Sundays, we roast sweet corn.  The children enjoy eating the roasted corn every weekend of the season!