Beans 2019

Haha, it is before I "shuck" them but it is still a lot of beans.

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This is most of my garden although, behind that Calamondin bush on the front right, there are a few more beds not in the photo.
It is about 25X23. I put a shade screen on top in fall of 2017 and I've had my best gardens ever since. The beds behind those white buckets are Vermont Cranberry, Jackson wonder, Dixie Butter pea and Crowder or Conch Pea. I grow a bunch of Romano type beans that are truly stringless. I also have a bunch of peppers, kale and tomatoes on my lanai. This photo was taken in early May. You can see the yellowing leaves of the Vt. Cranberry beans, they are almost done and will need to be picked soon and the bed replanted. I usually get 2 plantings on my dry beans per bed........I took a chance this season and planted early and I won the bet this time around. I'll get 3 plantings.


Blueberry tomato, Manny Cuke and Felicity Jalapeno in the lanai.
I have a bout a dozen containers working in there.


I'm a big fan of kale and collards.


Dulcinea Romano beans almost ready.


Kentucky Wonder pole beans. I plant 6 seeds around each pole(3 poles). The result is an almost bullet proof vine.


Figs and blueberries I need to figure what to do with.


Strawberries too.


more kale.


Calamondin is a sour orange that is great in orange aide drinks.
I have not had much success growing citrus, my own fault, but this one is growing great.


This long bed is my experimental bed. It does not have the shade the rest of the garden has and it does not grow as well as the shaded area. I get some good Japanese turnips, peas and carrots out of it. Trying beans now.


Crowder peas ready to be picked


Felicity Jalapeno's growing under the pole bean tee pee


Blueberry cherry tomato, they really do start out blue

Blue Lake bush beans are flowery and setting lots of little beanies. No major pest problems so far.

This Father's Day, I remember my Dad who grew up poor during the 30's Depression, having a few potatoes or cornmeal, with beans to eat. He got so tired of it, but it was supper.
He joined the Navy in WW2, and what did they serve? ... when he got out of the service he swore he would never eat beans again.

Well, all that must have converted him. Green beans, lima beans, pinto beans, navy beans (of course), butterbeans, any bean, he insisted upon. He transfered the legume love to all his progeny.

I've had good luck with the Blue Lake variety of green beans too Wheelgarden, both pole beans and bush. I planted some that were supposed to be bush beans but are trying to climb but, I have no trellis for them to climb. I picked quite a couple of days ago and noticed some of the pole beans are starting to take again but, nothing like earlier. I'll plant those again this fall as I've had better luck with them then.

cj, that's darn nice!

Wheelgarden, how did you freeze your beans? I tried it last year and was not happy with the results. 5 freezer bags of beans turned into chicken food. I also threw some in with my fridge pickles and they were awesome, figured on doing more of those.

That happened to me. I had a half runner bean emerge from Kentucky Wonder bush beans. I am fascinated by such plant changes and saved its red seed. I did not know what a half runner bean was, and it has taken me five years to learn how to manage it.

I blanch ALL the veges that are to be frozen. I've had them not blanched and well, Yuk.