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    Borlotti Bean harvest-really chuffed!

    Hi
    Am feeling really pleased. Just harvested my 12 dwarf borlotti bean plants and got just under 3lb in weight of beans!! I know this may not seem a lot to lottie growers but as it has come out of a patch that is just under 1 metre squared, I feel quite excited and had to share it with you Have left some on the plants that are not quite ready yet so might either leave them to dry or pick some more for eating
    AKA Angie
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    well done you.
    I prefer them when the beans inside are big (I don't really like fresh beans)
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      I leave them on too. I'm growing Bird's Egg, a heritage borlotti type. I harvest them when the pods are leathery and the benas cook beautifully at this stage. The Americans call them Shelly Beans. Leave them a bit longer and you've got beans for drying for winter.
      Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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      • #4
        Nice one SR
        WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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          I have podded them all now, blanched and frozen. Most of them were already pretty big so am looking forward to some yummy bean casseroles in the winter!!
          AKA Angie

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            I'm coming round for tea then
            WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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            • #7
              Originally posted by FionaH View Post
              I'm coming round for tea then
              and your more than welcome
              AKA Angie

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              • #8
                Uh oh. Mine aren't flowering yet

                I sowed them direct in late may (as per the destructions) and the plants must now be about 6 foot, but no flowers yet. Here's hoping...

                Well done on your harvest, SR
                Caro

                Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day

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                • #9
                  Thanks Caro, it sounds like yours are climbers, perhaps they just take a little longer and don't forget we have had a lot of heat down here, mind you some rain would be nice once in a while
                  AKA Angie

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                  • #10
                    Mine have just started producing beans now!! I only have 6 dwarf ones and it was just an experiment

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by northepaul View Post
                      Mine have just started producing beans now!! I only have 6 dwarf ones and it was just an experiment
                      Looks like the experiment paid off!
                      AKA Angie

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                      • #12
                        What does blanching do? I've not done it on any of my beans so far, and all seem ok when cooked from frozen?

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                        • #13
                          Theoretically you're meant to blanche to kill off any of the nasties that can make the veg deteriorate even when in the freezer. Personally I find they keep just as well without and I can't be bothered to do it. On the odd occaision I have blanched I've found the texture has been not so good as when I've not so I never bother now.

                          Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                          Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                            Originally posted by Alison View Post
                            I find they keep just as well without [blanching] and I can't be bothered to do it. ... I've found the texture has been not so good
                            Same here. Never bother to blanch
                            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                              Interesting, I never knew you could do it without blanching. Does that go for all veg cos it would save some time that's for sure!!?
                              AKA Angie

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