Planning next years garden bean questions

[Collector]

I wonder if there are bean varieties that work better for freezing. we were planning on freezing our beans, peas, and corn. mostly cause thats the way we prefer them when we buy at the Grocery store. another reason is we are not setup for canning. We do have a food saver though and freeze our meat and fish with it and thought it would be great for veggies. Sorry jared77 not trying to Hijack your post just curious.

 

[digitS']

I have the same situation with DW. She likes bush greenbeans and for quick harvest, I gotta agree that you can get thru them with only a couple of pickings. But, . . . the varieties usually just don't have much flavor.

I will say that Greencrop is great tasting but it is kind of homely. I believe that may be why DW doesn't like it. It is probably incorrect to consider Greencrop a Romano bean but there may be some of those genes in its ancestry.

I grow what is probably Oregon Giant pole beans just for their flavor. They can get huge but you don't need to wait that long for harvest. Or if you do, just shell out the green seeds and use those.

Retaining their color seems to be important with freezing beans. Probably, a lot of the flavor is in the pigment. Royalty Purple Pod beans are flavorful altho' they can get stringy fairly quickly. They are dark green after cooking.

Steve

 

[journey11]

I'm not sure about varieties, but I've always had to freeze mine. I just blanch them for 3 minutes then let them drip dry in the collander then bag 'em up and vacuum seal. We like them. Maybe it's the vacuum sealer, but they taste fresh. I also don't put much in mine, a little onion, maybe some chicken broth if I feel like it. I don't cook mine to death either.

 

[Jared77]

The insights good. My wife (whats the abbreviations?) I don't think wants to get into the climbers because its more stuff in the garden. No worries about hijacking. She (my wife) said to freeze them because canning them they lose their flavor. We don't eat canned beans they taste like mush to us so freezing is the alternative. We do have a pressure canner its just a matter of setting it up and we have a vacuum sealer so we'll probably play around next year with everything and see what we like best.

I appreciate the info though thank you

 

[hoodat]

The insights good. My wife (whats the abbreviations?) I don't think wants to get into the climbers because its more stuff in the garden. No worries about hijacking. She (my wife) said to freeze them because canning them they lose their flavor. We don't eat canned beans they taste like mush to us so freezing is the alternative. We do have a pressure canner its just a matter of setting it up and we have a vacuum sealer so we'll probably play around next year with everything and see what we like best.

I appreciate the info though thank you

Some bush beans will produce more than one good crop. My Cherokee yellows usually keeep producing for two or three months. I'm one of those who prefers canning to freezing with beans. I think the flavor and texture is better and if you use them in salads they can be used right out of the jar.
If you go with teepees and have kids be sure to make at least one of them big enough for the kids to use as a "secret" hideaway. In England it's traditional to use scalet runners for the kids teepee.
BTW DW= dear wife. DD = daughter DH = husband MIL = mother in law etc.

 

[journey11]

If you go with teepees and have kids be sure to make at least one of them big enough for the kids to use as a "secret" hideaway. In England it's traditional to use scalet runners for the kids teepee.

I will have to do that next year.

 

[Jared77]

Hoodat good to know. My little girl will love vanishing in the garden. Hard part will be getting her OUT of it.

 

[gagirl]

I'm trying to plan out next years garden and we want to try growing green beans.

The question is bush or pole?

Advantages/disadvantages of each?

We've got a large garden and I had planned on using T posts at the ends of the garden with wire strung across to support our tomato plants is this a good idea since I've already got you reading my post so I could do the same with the beans if pole beans are going to be any better. And by better I mean easier to keep up on, and total harvest.

Thank you for your time

in our area bush always produce more than pole/running green beans. pole tend to produce more vine and leaves and less beans.

 

[gagirl]

Space is actually the least of my worries. The bed was expanded dramatically as my wife realized I do know what I'm talking about (hearing that alone was worth all the effort, not to mention a good harvest) and my green thumbs are genetic as they come from my biology teaching father!!!

The T post idea just came to me when I was laying out the grid for next season because I can't imagine trying to put individual posts in for all the tomatoes we're going to have it wouldn't be worth it.

Why does DH hate pole beans? The taste or labor?

Oh and one thing I forgot do they transplant well or go directly into the ground?

Thank you for the fast reply

you plant seeds directly into the garden.