Because of the Mexican Bean Beetle attack we had to harvest our first planting of Jacob’s Cattle Beans earlier than we had planned.  Turned out it was probably just the right time.

We shucked them a few days after and this is what we found within the green pods.  White beans with dark red splotches that look like someone has splattered paint on them.  Absolutely gorgeous.  We’ve since kept them in a ceramic bowl on the kitchen counter and they are drying out nicely.  I hope to make baked beans in the next day or so with them.

8 foot row of Jacob’s Cattle Beans yielded about 1/2 a pound of dried beans.