Please recommend tender purple bush bean.
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how to preserve green bush & yellow wax bush beans ....?
Comments (16)nancyjane: well, at least she knew it smelled like COW poop- that City gal!!ha Now pig & chicken poop smell entirely different but 'poop' never- the- less! The manure x the dairies around here smells awful ... those cows do not belong in a dirt enclosure & fed heaven- knows- what from bins... they belong in a green pasture to eat normal 'cow food'-grass! The cow manure x a pasture smells different & when dry & dug in the garden actually smells good & makes me homesick for the 'country'which cracks my husband (city slicker) up! Thanks for all the help everyone!! : I put the cut beans in boiling water for about 2 minutes, drained them & fill the kettle with cold water and ice cubes. I then drained the cooled beans & filled gallon zip-loc bags half full, squeezed the air out & froze them. I did not dry them first so wonder what that will do to the texture when I thaw them? Yes, I like to add onion, garlic & crumbled bacon in them & for me I add some vinegar like the Germans back home did but hubby wants none of that vinegar! It has been a long time since I grew beans so I had forgotten how to freeze them correctly as earlier I later just boiled the beans I froze with out blanching them first before freezing & they were TOUGH when thawed & cooked! I had forgotten how many beans a 10 ft. single row would keep producing! The yellow bush wax beans are not quite ready yet & I do like the too!...See MoreDo pole beans taste better than bush beans?
Comments (12)I think your limitations in space warrant you starting with pole beans. The above postings are right in that everyone has their own taste. I started with strictly pole beans & have some experience with them. "Emerite" is the best pole filet bean, yields are very good and early in my northeast PA garden (get from Pinetree Garden Seeds). I also like the purple-pdded varietes, and have great luck with "Trionfo Violetto" (get them from Pinetree Garden Seeds). I am also heavy shell bean grower/eater. I grow "Wren's Egg" (from Heirloom Seeds), "True Cranberry" (from Seed Savers Exchange), and when i can find them cannellini and borlotto pole beans (Gourmet Seeds International). I also grow bush beans for shelling & drying, "Dutch Brown", "Flagrano" flageolet (the most tasty shell bean in my opinion), and "Black Turtle" beans, which have amazing yields for cuban black bean soup. For recipes, see the thread here called "How do you cook your beans?" Folks have posted some nice ones there. Well this should get you going. Happy gardening! Here is a link that might be useful: Pinetree Garden Seeds, perfect for small gardens...See MoreRecommend a tender, tasty climbing green bean?
Comments (7)Another vote for Fortex. For me in zone 2, Fortex produces beans that are not only stringless, sweet and three times as long as any bush bean I've ever grown, but they also stand up to freezing much better. I'm done growing bush beans; they just can't compare to Fortex and Emerite now that I've had them. (In my own opinion with my growing conditions... Emerite is superior to Fortex only in quality from frozen. The flavour of Fortex is still superior. Texture from frozen is the same with both, it's only that Fortex occasionally does that sloughing of the outer skin thing while Emerite does not, for me anyway.) With both Fortex and Emerite, there's a longer window for picking because you can pick them young or older and they're still tender, even when fat and round (but not bumpy yet). That's handy! Runners do very well for me, too, and I find them sweet like the Fortex beans when the summer isn't too hot. If you don't have the climate for them, though, they're not good at all. This particular season wasn't good for mine. I still plant a few for fresh eating (they don't hold up in the freezer as well as the varieties above) every year, though, because when they're good, they're GOOD! :)...See MoreMarconi nano bush beans
Comments (4)I bought the seeds from Gourmet Seed. I think the Marconi nano beans are very good and I also like the pole beans and will save the seeds. They are not like any pole beans I've grown. This is the mystery pole bean with the purple tinge, of which there are several- And the longer flat pole bean that is different- Marconi nano that I am saving for seed at a nearly mature stage- It doesn't bother me that the seeds had some extraneous seeds in them, I consider it a plus to get to try some new pole beans for free, and I will continue to order from Gourmet Seeds. They put a lot of seeds in their packets. I just picked some of their cylindrical turnips at 6 weeks, 3-4"long-...See Moremacky77
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