{"id":757,"date":"2011-08-26T18:47:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T17:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=757"},"modified":"2011-10-01T01:40:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T00:40:05","slug":"the-attack-of-the-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2011\/08\/26\/the-attack-of-the-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"The attack of the beans!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/08\/photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-763\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/08\/photo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/08\/photo1.jpg 336w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/08\/photo1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKimia and I were picking green beans, and I mentioned that I was leaving some of the smaller ones to grow just a bit more, but that I thought I was probably not seeing all the good sized ones that I needed to pick. Kimia&#8217;s response was &#8220;they will always outwit you no matter what&#8221;. Well, I guess that&#8217;s true of those crazy beans, always plotting a way to hide amongst the leaves and stems of the very same color, just so they don&#8217;t end up in your tummy! I suppose this example of nature could be used to show some wonderful spiritual truth, like &#8220;are you letting some green beans of bitterness or sin grow in hiding because you aren&#8217;t looking hard or deep enough&#8221; or &#8220;are you allowing your green beans of faithfulness to get to full maturity&#8221;, but I just got tickled by it. So, watch out for those beans, yes, and even those late season zucchini, because they will get the best of you!<\/p>\n<p>I just made some lickin&#8217; good relish (recipe from Roy&#8217;s Grama T YUM!!)\u00a0with tomatoes from Kimia &amp; Josh&#8217;s garden,\u00a0so I think I at least outwitted those puppies!\u00a0\u00a0 For those along with us in the midwest, enjoy these late days of summer!\u00a0 For west coasters, you&#8217;ve got months of zucchini left, so beware!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=757&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimia and I were picking green beans, and I mentioned that I was leaving some of the smaller ones to grow just a bit more, but that I thought I was probably not seeing all the good sized ones that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2011\/08\/26\/the-attack-of-the-beans\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The attack of the beans!! 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