great northern bean n ham soup / crock pot

Ingredients

• 2 pounds dry northern beans
• 1 - hambone w/ meat or 2 ham hocks
• extra - ham, chopped of not a lot on your bone or hocks ( i didn't have a lot of ham on my bone, so added cubed ham i had in the freezer)
• 2 - carrots, sliced
• 2 - sweet onions, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 6 cloves garlic, sliced
• 2 - bay leaves
• 1/2 - 1 tablespoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 5 cups water
• 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon paste
• taste - before adding salt at the end