The fall season is well underway, and most of our vegetables are completely finished, but our Cherokee Trail of Tears beans are one of those vegetables that have been still coming steadily in. Our Cherokee Trail of Tears beans are really maturing now, and all well on their way to being completely dried. The above picture shows a lot of the beans as dark purple, but this picture was taken about a month ago. Some beans are still at this stage, but most of them have turned a tan colour and have completely or nearly dried.
Recently we were finally able to harvest most of the beans. Below shows a small amount, but since this picture was taken we've picked many more.
We shelled them and laid them out on a cookie sheet to finish drying, although most of them felt very hard, so I'm sure they were probably dried enough. The beans are really shiny and black, and almost a kidney shape, although much smaller than a kidney bean. They are really pretty.
In the end, I think we have two full pint-sized jars, but there are still some beans on the plants.
Megan
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