We recently harvested a crop of peanuts that we planted in our garden... It was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun!
We even visited it with the family when
they were here in March / April!
I can't find the photo of us in the garden
with the family... So instead here are some with us in the house, after we
visited the garden - and worked to shell the peanuts which we sent back to the
States with Mom! :)
(I'm also having problems moving these photos, hence their placement here, at the beginning of this post!)
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| Inside our home Noé, Bethany, Nathan, Hannah, Dad, Sarah, Mom |
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| See how much fun everyone had?! |
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| Nathan, Dad, Luke, Sarah, Hannah & Mom |
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| Mom and
Noé with the first amount of fully shelled and ready to roast peanuts! We love you Mom. |
And now, on to the photos of the garden!
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| Baby peanut plants |
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| In our field :) |
The peanuts were ready to be harvested about one week before our wedding... So the day before Noé and I traveled to meet the family in Uganda, we harvested the peanuts!
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| Harvest day! |
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| Our helpers. These boys saw that we were harvesting and wanted to help remove the peanuts from the plants... We decided to give them a little money for their help, but maybe more importantly, they got to take peanuts home! |
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| Aselme and Victor hard at work |
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| Pulling up the peanut plants |
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| Pulling the peanuts off of the plants |
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| It was good to be part of the full process! |
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| That is a lot of peanuts!! |
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| We were so excited! |
After harvesting the peanuts, we had to let them dry out in the sun for a few days before they could be shelled.
A few weeks after the wedding, we were finally able to start shelling the peanuts... Working with friends and family made the work easier.
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| Shelling peanuts at home |
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| Enjoying the work with family! |
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| The fruits of the laborer's hands |
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| Nothing better than eating the food that you planted, took care of, harvested and cooked! (Please pay no attention to the mayo in the background!) |
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| Freshly roasted and salted peanuts! |
We thank God for the abundant crop of peanuts that we harvested! Although they are now long gone, we happily ate the 6+ kilos of peanuts while they lasted!
