Soy Harvest

Most of our crops have thus far been of the “store on the vine, pick ‘em when you need ‘em” variety. Not so with the soy. At first we think it is turning yellow due to soy blight. Once Nathaniel finally gets the chance to do his soy research, it turns out that yellow just means they’re done growing and “slightly past peak for use as fresh beans.” Considering that we’re heading to Tanzania next Sunday, we decided to go for it and harvest the whole crop.

You can see pictures of the entire harvest. Imagine everything going smoothly aside from: 1) a hive of bees living on the inside of the seldom used side door to the garage – Nathaniel boldly fends them off with a broom, 2) mid-day threatening thunder, causing a wild hustle to pick the last yellow soy for drying prior to the storm, 3) frustrating minutes of shelling prior to Nathaniel’s interwebs discovery that 30 seconds of blanching goes a long way…

A little more shelling tonight and we’ll leave the rest for our planned edamame and homemade sushi night later this week.