[Ag-eq] Garden

[Nella Foster]

Tracy, I think you can pick the yard long beans at any stage.  You can pick
them when they are small or wait until they are longer.  My Mom even let
some get really big and then harvested the beans out of the pod.  She did
say there weren't many beans in each pod.  

Nella

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Hi Nella.
I never tried yard-long beans.  I figured they would get tough.  But if you
say they don't, maybe I'll give them a try.  I never met a bean or pea I
didn't like, either!
The critters munched all my bush beans, but they left the pole beans alone,
thank Goodness.
Tracy


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Tracy, this year my Mom and Brother grew something called a yard long bean.
It was very long and good they got curly.  They gave me some and I used them
in stir fry; it was very good.

My Mom said they were very productive.  I think I might try planting some
next year.  I love black eyed peas and would like to try some of those as
well.  Actually I've never met a bean or pea that I didn't like!

Nella

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Hi Nella.
I never grow peas, because I never get much of a crop.  Just when they're
getting ready, you guessed it, some animal comes along, breaks the vines,
and gobbles the peas.
I grow pole beans, and usually the critters leave them alone.  For fresh
beans, I like a flat Italian variety called Marengo.  For dried, I like pole
lima, or 2 kinds of runner beans, Scarlet Runner and Aztec runner.  They
produce small, flat beans sort of like big lentils.  
One of the neat things about dried beans, besides that they keep very well,
is that I can plant some of them next spring, and get even more beans.  Me,
growing my own seed!
Tracy

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Tracy, I'm going to have to try growing some of these.  I grew a few snow
peas in the early spring and they were very good.

What is the variety of pea you are growing?

Nella

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Today, I cooked some dried beans I grew, and they came out very nice.
Delicious and nutritious.  I love pole beans.  They are very easy to grow.
The hardest part is building a structure for them to grow on, and, once
that's done, it lasts for years.  I've made structures of various materials:
steel plumbing pipe, PVC pipe, and bamboo.  They're all about 6 feet tall,
with 2 vertical poles joined by a crossbar with strings hanging down from
it.  I have to replace some of the strings every year, but that's no big
deal.

I plant the beans a few inches apart when the weather warms up.  They really
don't take up much space.  They take longer to start producing than bush
beans, but, once they've started, they keep going until frost.  Some I
harvest green as string beans, and some I leave to dry.  Dry beans keep a
long time, easily over winter.  And pole beans are very easy to harvest.
The beans hang down within easy reach, and no scrunching down on the ground
required.  And another plus, they can be quite decorative.  The main variety
I'm growing now has red flowers and purple pods, 2 of my favorite garden
colors.

If I could only grow 2things, I'd choose tomatoes and pole beans.

Tracy

 

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