DINNER, 6 lbs of Blue Lake Bush Beans. I need a Ham bone.
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BEANS. First harvest of the year.
Last edited by Gary350 on Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Different areas, different harvest times. My green beans are already done and pulled from the garden. I harvested a lot of them before they finally petered out and I pulled the plants. Same with soybeans that I use for Edamame. I harvested close to a 5 gallon bucket of them, but you pick them all at once. I blanched them in very salty water, let them cool and packed them in quart freezer bags and popped them in the freezer for later consumption.
Truth is, my garden is lying pretty much empty and idle right now with only a couple trellises of Japanese Yard Long Beans and some cucumbers-----------and they are fading fast in our heat and humidity. I also have several pepper plants and a few eggplant that are doing fine. Since I did a whole house exterior paint job on my house this spring, I didn't get into the garden like I normally have in years past. Now I'll just wait until I put in the fall stuff and start from scratch in late September, early October. Besides, it's just too dang hot to be out in the garden in summers here.
That is a very nice batch of beans though, and I do miss mine fresh out the garden even though I do have some pickled and others cooked down with some onions and ham in the freezer. So all is not lost.
Truth is, my garden is lying pretty much empty and idle right now with only a couple trellises of Japanese Yard Long Beans and some cucumbers-----------and they are fading fast in our heat and humidity. I also have several pepper plants and a few eggplant that are doing fine. Since I did a whole house exterior paint job on my house this spring, I didn't get into the garden like I normally have in years past. Now I'll just wait until I put in the fall stuff and start from scratch in late September, early October. Besides, it's just too dang hot to be out in the garden in summers here.
That is a very nice batch of beans though, and I do miss mine fresh out the garden even though I do have some pickled and others cooked down with some onions and ham in the freezer. So all is not lost.
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