soil wrote:[gophers] do loosen up my real hard clay soil though, i plant in the pockets of soil they pop up to cover the holes they make as its real loose and well drained.
Heh. [url=https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=219439#219439]Here's one of those little pockets[/url].
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Do you shell all of your beans, or do you cook some in the pods like green beans?
Garden5,
Most years I grow Scarlet Emperor runner beans. These I eat when small, young and tender. At the end of the summer I let the rest go. They can be eaten as fresh shelled beans or dried - stored. Always keep some as seed for the next planting.
It's been a few years sense growing any traditional green- snap beans.
Nice Asian pear harvest! They're my wife's favorite fruit. I have a 4-in-1 of those too Just planted it this Spring, so no Asian pears for us 'til maybe year after next.
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Need to finish cleaning and dry.
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I will weigh them tomorrow and again after they have dried.
Adding the few beans I harvested earlier to the total, I'll call it 8 pounds.
Next step is to properly cure them.
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nice bean harvest, i just helped a friend thresh and winnow 100 lbs of beans.
we layed everything on a big tarp, danced on them beans with some music to release them, then just winnowed them with the wind by throwing the stuff in the air, chaff goes to one end, beans go straight down.
For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.
Now I have questions.
What variety.
How many pounds planted.
How many square feet did these plants cover.
Pods per plant.
Beans per pod.
What's for dinner.
Next spring I want to plant larger blocks of beans, flour corn and potatoes.
ok since i didnt grow them i cant answer all of them. but here goes.
Now I have questions.
What variety. there was 4 varieties, tigers eye, calypso, pinto, and one i cant remember, it was bright green
How many pounds planted. not sure i didnt plant them
How many square feet did these plants cover. not sure on square feet, but i think he said three 80ft rows, and each row had plants planted 3 wide in it, that is I THINK that's what he said
Pods per plant.no clue before i got there, everything was cut and left to dry for a week or so, so all i saw was big piles of dried plants and bean pods
Beans per pod.from what i remember, about 5-8
What's for dinner. https://fxcuisine.com/Default.asp?language=2&Display=206&resolution=high
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