Organic Ham & Bean Soup

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups mixed dried beans (I used 13 bean soup mix)
• 2 1/2 quarts filtered water
• Leftover ham hock (mine was about 2 1/2 pounds)
• 2 tsp Herbs de Provence or Thyme
• 2 tsp unrefined sea salt
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 cup celery (include the celery leaves) chopped
• 1 cup carrots, chopped
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 2-3 cups fresh pastured ham, chopped