It’s been a staggeringly difficult year – for so many people, for so many different reasons. Our farming season was by far the most challenging we’ve experienced in our seven years here, and the bean harvest was…dispiriting, to understate the obvious. After a summer with no measurable moisture whatsoever, we experienced a too-late storm in October that managed to create mold on many of the beans, so the cleaning and sorting this year was more tedious and time-consuming than usual. Nevertheless, here are the heirloom beans we grew this year, with brief notes on each. Small quantities are available for sale to our local Surface Creek community; please contact me if you’d like to learn more about purchasing or growing beans. Previous bean harvest posts can be found here, here and here.