bean planting list for 2024

Do you have any of those extraordinary pictures of your beans this year?

T wrote: ...

i don't have any recent pictures edited and posted yet of the beans growing but this link should get you to the section of my bean page which shows most of the interesting out crosses i'm working with this year. the common named varieties i have pictures of also in different sections.

if you click on the link of the image there is a larger image available than the thumbnail size.

songbird

Awesome! You do have an eye for the camera.

T wrote: ...

ha! thank you! i personally feel that i don't really do that well with the picture taking, but it helps that i live with a person who has a good eye for decorations and whimsy so it gives me a lot of potential of getting good pictures one way or another.

i still really haven't been very happy with the bean pictures and wish i had a super close up camera that could take detailed pictures of single beans that i could just feed through a hopper and it would get the pictures taken automatically without me having to fiddle around all the time. :)

been weeding like crazy this past week and still a ways to go but at least the gardens look a lot better now than they did a bit ago. i'm so glad that Mom is able to help out. my normal routine was interrupted for a month when i was sick and then on top of that we had such wild rainy weather too often so it was hard for me to get out until the weeds were too big for scraping (which is critical for getting things done easily here). once the weeds get big enough to need pulling by hand that makes the whole process take a lot more time. especially when you have thousands of square feet of garden space and decorations to keep after.

things are presentable now, but still a lot to do. one last round of weeding this morning and then lighter stuff for the afternoon and tomorrow as the weather is getting hot again.

i did take before pictures so i can take after shots. most pictures i take i don't post as they are more for record keeping to remind me of all the things we get done around here. besides most of the pictures are just not that interesting. :)

songbird

How much bean crop do you get on average? I have a recipe for you!

cshenk wrote: ...about beans...

it varies between 15 - 25 lbs, maybe more when i grow more of the larger beans. when growing so many Purple Dove beans it isn't as much as they are a smaller bean.

and then it also depends upon how many we eat fresh vs. what gets left to dry.

songbird

Wow. Thats a lot.

cshenk wrote: ...

for a completely manual gardening system with not really enough space it is enough to keep me busy. especially when i often shell out and look at each individual bean and sometimes more than once. :)

songbird

songbird wrote:

Yes. Did you like the recipe (posted in RFC). They use standard beans but a unique approach.

Here it is again so you don't have to hunt for it.

Subj : Nat Baked Beans Month - 5 To : All From : Dave Drum (1:2320/105) Date : Wed Jul 24 2024 03:58 pm EST

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Caboose Baked Beans Categories: Beans, Pork, Fruits, Vegetables, Booze Yield: 12 Servings Water 1 lb Dry navy or white pea beans 1 lb Dry great northern beans 1 lb Dry large lima beans 2 tb Maple extract 1 c Light brown sugar; packed 3 tb Brown prepared mustard; as - bold/spicy as you can find 2 tb Orange marmalade 2 lg Onions; chopped 1 "Big chunk" salt pork 1/2 c Cold strong coffee 1 c Apple butter;plain or spiced 2 c Lloyds-brand shredded pork - BBQ meat 15 oz Diced, chopped, or stewed -tomatoes w/onions & peppers 3/4 c Molasses 2 tb Chopped garlic 3/4 c Ketchup 1 tb Seasoned salt 1 tb Black pepper 3/4 c Dark honey; the darker the - better 1/2 c Meyers dark rum or Jack - Daniels whiskey 1 c Hickory smoke BBQ sauce 3 tb Worcestershire sauce 1 (2") cinnamon stick DAY ONE: Pick over the dry beans to remove any dirt, stones, or other foreign materials. Then in a large (and I do mean LARGE) pot, rinse the beans. Then bring the beans to a boil in the large pot after covering them with a lot of water. They're going to soak up a ton of water and grow to be about twice as big as they were when dry. Boil them for two minutes, take them off the heat, cover the pot, and let them stand for a full hour. After that, put them back on the stove and simmer on low heat for an hour and a half, still covered. Pour the beans and their liquid into a bowl, cover it, and put it in the refrigerator overnight. Yes, overnight. This recipe is going to take two days. DAY TWO: In the morning, drain all but 2 cups of the bean water. To the beans and water add all the other ingredents. Mix very well. Put it all into the crock pot (it may take several crock pots, depending on how big yours are). Cook on low setting for 13 to 14 hours. Stir it now and then, but don't take the lid off very often, as this slows cooking significantly. When your long wait is over, sit back and enjoy your pot of caboose beans, The wait is definitely worth it. Serves 12 RECIPE FROM:

You can ignore any brand names and swap to likely beans of yours and make your own BBQ pork out of pork butt in a really big crockpot.

didn't see it, been too busy lately.

... thanks but that isn't something we'd make. smoke flavors, whisky/rum,etc., pepper and other spices that Mom has no tolerance for at all. :( almost every commercial bbq sauce puts pepper or hot stuff in their sauce.

i would give them a try if someone else made them.

songbird

Ah, ok. I considered making it without any BBQ smoke flavoring

Title: Caboose Baked Beans Categories: Beans, Pork, Fruits, Vegetables, Booze Yield: 12 Servings Water 1 lb Dry navy or white pea beans 1 lb Dry great northern beans 1 lb Dry large lima beans 2 tb Maple extract 1 c Light brown sugar; packed 3 tb Brown prepared mustard; as - bold/spicy as you can find 2 tb Orange marmalade 2 lg Onions; chopped 1 "Big chunk" salt pork 1/2 c Cold strong coffee 1 c Apple butter;plain or spiced 2 c home made pulled pork 15 oz Diced, chopped, or stewed -tomatoes w/onions and bell peppers 3/4 c Molasses 2 tb Chopped garlic 3/4 c Ketchup 1 tb salt 2.5 c Pork or beef broth 3 tb Worcestershire sauce 1 (2") cinnamon stick

(edited for songbird's mom, pepper free and no alcohol or spicy peppers).