Walden Chapter 7: The Bean-Field

Walden Chapter 7: The Bean-Field

1. Thoreau's daily work is farming in his bean-field.

   • Does his work very early in the morning.
   • Connects him to nature.
     • The birds that fly over head as he works often entertain him.
   • Thoreau harvests twelve bushels of beans from his bean-field and makes charts of all the money he spent in growing the beans and all the money he earned from selling them.
     • He also gives advice about farming and planting different crops.

2. Farming is very sacred to Thoreau.

   • However, people have become greedy in wanting bigger farms that it has degraded farming and nature.