fall vegetable crock pot barley soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup diced onion
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 large stalks of celery, diced
• 2 large carrots, chopped
• 1 large red, yellow or green pepper, diced
• 1 large sweet potato, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried tyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 cup pearl barley, uncooked
• 1 can kidney beans
• 1 can white beans
• 1 can black beans
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 1 1/2 large chopped tomatoes