 | I picked these green beans this afternoon. Much to my regret, they are the last of the green beans from the first planting. When picking your last batch of beans, remember to leave at least a couple beautiful large beans on the vine, for next year's seeds. |
Once you see that your beans are done for the season and you leave a few pods on the plants, leave them alone until they turn brown and dry out. If you can shake them and hear dry beans rattle, then it is time to harvest them. Pull them and open each pod, examining the beans. Only select the whole, smooth good colored beans to save. Place them on a tray and let them dry in the sun for 24 hours. (I suggest you do this on a window sill inside, or your birds and squirrels may decide to help themselves)
After you are sure that they are completely dry, place in a paper envelope and label. Store in a cool, dry place. Make sure your bean plants came from heirloom seeds and are not GMO or hybrids, because if they are, there is a good chance the seeds will not sprout.
Though my summer garden is winding down, I am still harvesting peppers on a regular basis, and I am pulling and dehydrating my leeks one batch at a time. My yellow Spanish onions are getting really big, the heads are 3 inches or more across. My third romaine lettuce crop is about 6 inches tall and I pulled two plants today, they are crisping in the sink in ice water. My third crop of radishes seem to be the slackers of the group. The greenery is getting big, but there aren't many heads. I am going to give them another week or so and see if that changes.
That's the crop report for today, ;-)
Jade
After you are sure that they are completely dry, place in a paper envelope and label. Store in a cool, dry place. Make sure your bean plants came from heirloom seeds and are not GMO or hybrids, because if they are, there is a good chance the seeds will not sprout.
Though my summer garden is winding down, I am still harvesting peppers on a regular basis, and I am pulling and dehydrating my leeks one batch at a time. My yellow Spanish onions are getting really big, the heads are 3 inches or more across. My third romaine lettuce crop is about 6 inches tall and I pulled two plants today, they are crisping in the sink in ice water. My third crop of radishes seem to be the slackers of the group. The greenery is getting big, but there aren't many heads. I am going to give them another week or so and see if that changes.
That's the crop report for today, ;-)
Jade
Great tools for labeling and storing your seeds.
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