To people that roast beans, they are considered fresh for 7 to 10 days. Anything older is not fresh not matter how you store them.
wow, with the sun, really??? Boy must not have had any dairy cattle. Breakfast on my granny's farm was daylight and that was figured by when you could see your way BACK from the barn.
But you don't like snowboots!!!
Now that's what I think of when someone says "farmer"!!!
Sounds good to me!!!
It's a bit hard to explain but if you grew up with dairy farmers it's easier to understand. Morning chores for the most part do not require daylight, just light in the barns and workshop to get the animals and machinery ready for the day. More daylight later means more time that can actually be spent in the fields (or gardens). Yes, most new farm equipment now have high-powered lights to see where you're driving, but it's still far more dangerous to operate in the dark. That one extra hour or so can sometimes really actually make the difference between a make or break year for a small farmer depending on what the weather has done, especially in the shorter growing seasons north of the mason-dixon. Last year in WI the spring was so wet and cold for so late that when it did finally dry out that extra hour became very precious to the grain and potato farmers. BTW-most grain farmers start their days in the dark too, getting things ready for the daylight. City folks liked it too giving them more light in the evening after work in the summertime.
