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Post by deckman22 on Jun 21, 2019 21:34:25 GMT -5
I froze mine like Wheelgarden, they just did not compare to fresh, not even close.
I'll probably rip out all the bean plants tomorrow and give them to the chickens, it will be July soon and no beans will produce in that kind of heat. Come mid August I will replant them for fall harvest.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 21, 2019 23:02:25 GMT -5
I'm another one that doesn't like green beans frozen. Unless I make Chinese dry fried beans, which freeze well.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jun 24, 2019 16:50:24 GMT -5
Picked a couple pounds of Blue Lake ahead of the storm this afternoon. Many more on the way --- beans, not storms.
If you freeze fresh beans (or anything), do pat- or air-dry after rinsing. Frozen wet, they form ice on the pods, and that leads to mushy beans.
But yes, anything fresh is better than anything frozen.
My Sweetie lightly simmers them with onion, garlic, a bit of ham or bacon, and a tiny splash of Dr. Pepper. Gone in minutes at the table.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jun 29, 2019 19:16:26 GMT -5
Goodness gracious, my beans are "going to town". Three harvests so far with plenty to eat almost daily off of one 15x4' bed, another bed maturing and next in the rotation, then a re-plant of the first bed for August, then rinse and repeat again if possible.
We love fresh snap beans and it's so nice, after failure the last couple of seasons.
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Post by binnylou on Jun 29, 2019 19:20:30 GMT -5
Three harvests so far with plenty to eat almost daily Be thankful, Wheelgarden. Fresh green beans at the grocery yesterday were $2.99 per pound, and that wasn't organic. Enjoy those beans! |
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Beans 2019
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 29, 2019 19:54:46 GMT -5
I'm just starting to see some beans, but on very few plants, since the rabbits destroyed the rest. I have more coming back, with bird netting around them - hopefully, that will work.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jun 29, 2019 21:47:28 GMT -5
pepperhead212, I've been keeping them covered with netting until they get a few sets of true leaves, dusting with ground pepper to keep the rabbits at bay in the meantime. After that, the hoppers seem to lose interest and move on to something else.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 29, 2019 23:14:44 GMT -5
Wheelgarden I had about a dozen all the way up the trellis, and those rabbits chewed the stems off of all but two of them! It didn't even look like they had eaten any leaves! Those things didn't realize what they were starting here...
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Post by tom 🕊 on Jun 30, 2019 8:45:05 GMT -5
since the rabbits destroyed the rest I have had some luck catching rabbits in cage traps baited with peanut butter. |
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 30, 2019 9:47:48 GMT -5
tom 🕊, I never got any rabbits with peanut butter - only squirrels, which I also like getting rid of! Rabbits also destroy my kohlrabi, once I uncover the greens, so I am going to try some kohlrabi peelings, to see if that will attract them.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 2, 2019 4:53:32 GMT -5
Sprayed neem oil on the beans yesterday, JBs were having breakfast. They were also eating asparagus ferns and canna. JBs are my nemesis.
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Post by datgirl on Jul 2, 2019 8:27:53 GMT -5
pepperhead212,They got my beans last year. This year the beans are covered in netting.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 2, 2019 17:07:49 GMT -5
I might have to invest in netting. But mine are pole beans.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 2, 2019 17:50:22 GMT -5
Mine are pole beans too, Mumsey. And like I said, they were grown to the top of the trellis, and those ba#&%rds just chewed the stems of at the bottom! This is war, like years ago, when the squirrels were taking bites out of my tomatoes, and dropping them with just one bite out of them. I will figure out a way to trap them! |
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Post by gardendmpls on Jul 2, 2019 18:42:08 GMT -5
I feel so far behind the rest of you. My beans are just coming up.
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