Providential Trail Work and Bean Shucking

We had another great group of volunteers visit us on the farm on November 10^th. Providence Hall is a private Christian high school and they set aside time several times a year to do community service. On this day we split our time between working on banking in the botany trail and shucking dried beans. We worked on the trail (and I mean worked!) for about two hours and then did a quick botany walk around the loop. When we got back to the farm we sat around and talked while shucking beans for about an hour. Beans are a staple (and healthy) food source for a large part of the world. We decided that accountants must have originally been farmers – the original “bean counters.” (bad joke) We also learned just how much work it takes to get them ready to be eaten. This must be what people did before culture ended the video age. Thank you for all your hard work. (Sorry for the crumby photos. I forgot my camera and had to use my silly phone camera)