We've had a couple of good frosts and a freeze, so it was time to bring in the last of the last.
We left green beans on the plants to dry down. It was about as dry as it was going to get, so it was time to bring them in.
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| Dried beans on the trestle ready to bring in. |
The day before we picked them one of our NE Indiana fall winds came up and dumped one of the four trestles over. It did not take the local opportunist long to figure out this amounted to a 'windfall' for them. Had I left them down another day, the yield would have been dramatically reduced. We got about a 5 gallon bucket full of unshelled pods. We're holding off shelling them until the grandkids get here for Thanksgiving later this week. They love to shell beans and peas. I'll get pics.
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| Didn't take long for the 'chicken helpers' to locate a new treat. |
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| They seemed to be a bit put out when set them up and started to do my own harvesting. |
The other 'last of the last' harvests were:
Brussel Sprouts. A couple of good frosts and even a light freeze really sweeten up brussel sprouts and they get to be just excellent. We find folks who normally turn their nose up a 'sprouts' find them to be OK, if you pick them after a freeze. Confession time: I have three more of these plants out there to harvest, so they will be the last of the last of the last. (I can't believe I wrote that....)
And Horseradish. I didn't take a lot out, but there should be plenty once it's processed, since I'm the only one in the house who really like it.
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| I'll do a post on the processing in the near future. |
So I guess I can call the 2015 harvest done! Once again, God provided an amazing bounty. And to make it even better, the first of the seed catalogs arrived in the mail! Woo Hoo!
We are Blessed!
Col. 1:1-12,
Mark
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