We spent August picking the last of the peas. Blackeyes. For the record, even though I can pick semi vining and vining types with the BH-100 by removing the first round of picking fingers from the front of the picking reel, they really are not worth the hassle. Yields are way too low. California 46 is NOT really a bush type pea, they are not determinant, and they do not have a concentrated set. I am still searching for such a pea. Arkansas Blakeye #1 is such a pea, but no seed vendor picked it up. U of A should do like Texas A&M did with Texas Pinkeye and produce it themselves on contract to CT Smith.
We sold way more flour and oatmeal this year than peas. Our new packaging is plastic re-sealable, freezable, vacuum packed, with a tear off top. Customers love it.
Currently, we are out of rye. We do have a little bit of oats on hand. We have no wheat. Rye and oats grow really well in our area, so we are going to raise more rye and sell part of it and buy hard red wheat in an amount suitable for us to mill. I think most of our bean and pea business will migrate to fall.
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