Bean there, done that

You have to be quick. If you spot a pigeon feeding on a field freshly drilled with beans, go now, for tomorrow it will be too late. The pigeon is not a digger for seeds like a rook: it prefers to scoop up the grains left lying on, rather than under, the crumbs of soil. A flock of pigeons on a drill might well cast some doubt on the ability of the farm worker who put in the seed, or upon the amount of preparation of the seed bed, upon the frost the land had received, or upon the heaviness of the ground.

Light soils are easier to drill well than heavier land; on the