Re: More harvesting/speaking of beans

Hummm...envy from ETN...my beans have not been doing that well with this
weather and rabbits...I think mostly the rabbits...all these wonderful
recipes are making me very hungry.  I have replanted twice.  But, my
tomatoes are going crazy with production and I have a lot of basil and
cantaloupes.


> [Original Message]
> From: Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 7/17/2007 5:41:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] More harvesting/speaking of beans
>
> I have found that my first bean planting is the most prolific, and  
> any additional sowings go down hill. They have worse germination, are  
> not as bushy (obviously, I am not planting pole beans), have much  
> more insect damage, and do not fruit as well. Is all this a figment  
> of my imagination, or have the rest of you veggie gardeners also  
> noticed? This year, I will definitely not have enough to freeze more  
> than a couple of quarts. Fortunately, I live in a rural area, and  
> will be able to get locally grown beans to supplement.
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Jul 17, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Wow, what a lot of beans you must plant!
> > I don't have a big operation like yours, but in my small patch I
> > keep beans going all summer.  In fact, I have already pulled out
> > and replanted a couple of rows.  I just plant double rows about
> > five or six feet long - depending on how the space works out
> > with other things.  Then when they slow down and are only
> > giving me a few beans a day, out they come and a new row
> > goes in.  In the spring, I start by planting a new batch every
> > ten days or so until the first ones start bearing.  I   have had
> > beans to eat and/or give away for about three weeks now.  We
> > ate the last of the early ones today, and by tomorrow the next
> > set will be ready to pick.  Incidentally, I have developed a new
> > bean dish that we are enjoying.  You know, after a week or so
> > of beans, you are looking for something new to do with them.
> > I place the beans in boiling water for a few minutes - just until
> > they turn bright green and some of them make a popping sound.
> > Then I drain the beans and while they are draining, I melt a bit
> > of butter in the pan and add a diced portobella mushroom.  Over
> > low heat, I let the mushroom begin to give up its juices, then
> > return the beans to the pan for a few minutes, season with salt
> > and pepper.  This is very simple and quick, and we find it a
> > nice change from plain beans.  I'm sure other mushrooms would
> > do as well, but portobellas are the quickest and easiest to peel
> > and prepare.
> > Auralie
> >
> > In a message dated 07/17/2007 11:11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:
> >
> > I am coming to the end of the green bean season, seems pretty short to
> > me but the plants are not producing many new flowers. Last Saturday I
> > started harvesting at 7:30 am and finished my third canner load at  
> > 4:30
> > pm.  I did 30 jars of green beans and still had a bag left over,  
> > but to
> > run another canner load was at least an hour and I was out of  
> > enthusiasm
> > for the day. So we're eating a lot of fresh green beans at dinner now,
> > not a bad thing. I should have harvested tomatoes on Sunday, I think I
> > could have done a bunch of jars of just cut-up tomatoes, but after
> > looking at them I decided they could go a while longer and instead did
> > some other chores.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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