What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

May be able to it that here also never got into the flower thing

 

[BReeder!]

Anybody of a favorite runner/pole type bean that is good to dry? Ideally it would be easy to source also.
I'm having no luck finding scarlet runners locally and don't want to pay crazy shipping on one pack of seeds. So I'm willing to consider other options if you have them.

 

[Acre4Me]

Anybody of a favorite runner/pole type bean that is good to dry? Ideally it would be easy to source also.
I'm having no luck finding scarlet runners locally and don't want to pay crazy shipping on one pack of seeds. So I'm willing to consider other options if you have them.

I like pole beans for drying. In fact I like bush beans for drying too. I grew “Lazy Housewife” beans from burpee. They grew well, produced well. They (like most pole types) need a longer season than bush type. Another favorite is “Good Mother Stallard”, fairly common, but less easy to source.

 

[Sequel]

Anybody of a favorite runner/pole type bean that is good to dry? Ideally it would be easy to source also.
I'm having no luck finding scarlet runners locally and don't want to pay crazy shipping on one pack of seeds. So I'm willing to consider other options if you have them.

Last two years I’ve just let my later setting polebeans dry on the vine. They are wonderful! I used fortex for the green ones, a purple and wax which I don’t remember the varieties.

 

[BReeder!]

Last two years I’ve just let my later setting polebeans dry on the vine. They are wonderful! I used fortex for the green ones, a purple and wax which I don’t remember the varieties.

And you boil then up or use in soups and they are tasty and no odd texture?
I know some beans are used frequently as dry while others are typically fresh. I want so sure if the varieties typically cooked fresh would be any good for cooking after being dried.

 

[igorsMistress]

Hi all. Not much of note in the garden today. I used my new snippers to trim the dill, parsley and cilantro. I cut them up and mixed with a kale salad mix we never ate and gave it to bunnies and ducks. I could smell the fresh herbs in the kitchen when I came in from putting the ducks to bed . My son helped us haul the lumber we needed for the garden and hubs picked up all the hardware today so hopefully it’ll be done this weekend! I need to get the bulk trash out tomorrow after we take the dogs to the park. I’m not looking forward to that chore at all. I noticed that the broccoli has put on some height this week, which reminds me I need to fertilize again tomorrow. I may give up on carrots. For whatever reason they aren’t doing well for me this year so I give up already.Here’s a pic of bunny salad tonight. The herbs plus shredded carrots, kale and a little red cabbage

 

[Sequel]

And you boil then up or use in soups and they are tasty and no odd texture?
I know some beans are used frequently as dry while others are typically fresh. I want so sure if the varieties typically cooked fresh would be any good for cooking after being dried.

Well I didn’t set out to harvest dry beans, they just got away from me. The grandkids started shelling them and I heard them clinking into the bowl and I thought wait! What? They cook up beautifully. One could separate them but I like them mixed.

 

[BReeder!]

FML!

 

[that_crazy_lady]

Anybody of a favorite runner/pole type bean that is good to dry? Ideally it would be easy to source also.
I'm having no luck finding scarlet runners locally and don't want to pay crazy shipping on one pack of seeds. So I'm willing to consider other options if you have them.

I think any beans are good dried. But I could be wrong... this is my second year gardening.
Mary’s Heirloom Seeds still has quite a bit in stock, and she gives well rounded descriptions on the flavors and uses of most of the seeds she offers.

Also, Hello everyone I thought I would join in. I’ve mostly been starting seeds, and fussing over new sprouts. I’m in zone 7, and I still have some frost hardy stuff in the garden. But mostly I’m excited about the seeds, and all the new stuff I’m hoping to grow this year, and greatly increasing the size of my garden.

 

[Acre4Me]

And you boil then up or use in soups and they are tasty and no odd texture?
I know some beans are used frequently as dry while others are typically fresh. I want so sure if the varieties typically cooked fresh would be any good for cooking after being dried.

Here are my “Lazy Housewife” beans

shelled

some of the beans are fine for fresh eating or dried. others are for dried use. We use them in a variety of recipes- they work well.