Soybeans

Hello,

This afternoon Leroy and I, along with two other women worked in the garden to clean up the plants that did not withstand the frost. Because we had gotten some things out earlier it was not such a big job with the four of us.

At the end we picked the soybeans. I just put them in a bucket and we will sort through all that another time. There was another person in the neighborhood who wanted some of them, but they were not there. We picked them all anyway because I was afraid that more of them our pop out on the ground. We are not so hungry that we are willing to scour the soil and leaves looking for that.

This year I plan to roast some of those beans. We did not like them so well in soup. Hopefully we will find this more palatable. We certainly did like the edamame. But this year I had too many other things ripe at the same time and did not harvest so much of it.

This morning I noticed that one upper cabinet in the kitchen looked as if it were coming out from the wall. That is indeed true. The cabinet is now empty. Leroy and our landlord will work on fixing that tomorrow. One plus about renting is that someone else is responsible. Course the downside of that is that some owners do not listen to a renter’s statement that something is in need of repair. I even heard owners frequently talk about how the renters wreck things or that they want things. So as always there are pluses and minuses. The trick is to see the other’s side and come to some type of meeting to make a good outcome for all concerned. We are blessed with good landlords. I am grateful for that every day. We even enjoy visiting with them.

Paula