Muses

Butterbeans. The forgotten vegetable.

The life of a farmer is filled with heartache and frequent glances to the skies.

While we were gone the first week in July, a violent storm slammed my corn flatter than a tween’s chest in a DDD bra.

Managing to save some ears,  all I could think of was what could have been.

Until I started picking the butterbeans.

If you notice a little dirt, they’re straight from the field.

 

You see, my butterbean bushes stood in the shadow of the tall luxurious stalks.

After I cleared out the decimated corn, I turned my attention to them.

With the corn gone, the garden could breathe.

I picked pods and shelled away.

My youngest came into the kitchen while they simmered on the stove and said, “What smells like popcorn?”

We had our first taste last night.

You know you’re onto something when an 11 year old and 8 year old ask for another helping of vegetables.

They were AMAZING.

Once again, the Lord taketh but he also giveth.

And I’m going to be picking and freezing those butterbean pods till mid-September.

Hallelujah.

How’s your garden growing this point in summer?

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