Comments on: Growing and Harvesting Dry Beans http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/ Preparing Deseret, one blogger at a time Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-2568 Alex Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-2568 I need dried green beanpods to complete  a diabetes remedy from a lovely  book by Maria Treben " God's Pharmacy" and have exhausted google searches....I could use a good source or sugestion. If anyone knows where I could get this item< I would really appreciate it.... Thanks... I need dried green beanpods to complete  a diabetes remedy from a lovely 
book by Maria Treben ” God’s Pharmacy” and have exhausted google searches….I could use a good source or sugestion. If anyone knows where I could get this item< I would really appreciate it…. Thanks…

]]> By: Rosebud http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-2253 Rosebud Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-2253 Ruth - impressive! I grew Soldier beans (dry, bush, white with reddish "soldier" design) this year - very pleased with the production on them. Also grew Cherokee Trail of Tears (dry black bean, climbing) which was not so prolific but a gorgeous shiny black bean. The Royal Burgundy was my favorite green bean (actually purple, but turns green when cooked) and had high production. The kicker? I put these seeds in the ground July 8th. They grew with tremendous speed and did very well in our dry climate. (Tooele-zone 5) Ruth – impressive!

I grew Soldier beans (dry, bush, white with reddish “soldier” design) this year – very pleased with the production on them. Also grew Cherokee Trail of Tears (dry black bean, climbing) which was not so prolific but a gorgeous shiny black bean. The Royal Burgundy was my favorite green bean (actually purple, but turns green when cooked) and had high production.

The kicker? I put these seeds in the ground July 8th. They grew with tremendous speed and did very well in our dry climate. (Tooele-zone 5)

]]> By: DaveMistah http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-1434 DaveMistah Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:15:20 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-1434 Thank you for your article. I am a bean grower in Oregon - six kinds this year. I really want to try the Jacob's Gold now. Thank you for your article. I am a bean grower in Oregon – six kinds this year. I really want to try the Jacob's Gold now.

]]> By: Ruth http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-1260 Ruth Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:25:25 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-1260 What an adventure! our forebears sure worked hard for whatever they got to eat. I heard some people were re enacting the handcart trek some people having strokes and heat exhaustion- this is better. One of my grandmothers made spaghetti by hand, had an outdoor kitchen in summer, and did her laundry in a pot heated on an outdoor fire with her sisters. Growing heirloom beans sure made me feel our great grandmothers could really relate to the adventure. Best to you- <br>I just picked up 90 pounds of steuben yellow eye, 30 pounds each of Black Valentine, Yellow Indian Woman Bean, 4 largest lima (Christmas Lima, &3 others) Mix, Orca, and 8 Bean Soup Blend, 30 pounds of Autumn Lentil mix (5 kinds of lentils), 15 pound of Purple Sticky Rice & 5 pounds of Black Wild Rice, <br>& two kinds of wheat (small amounts as I only use a cup a day.) It was a small adventure compared to yours. Last year I bought 60 varieties of beans (in 2 lb bags) and began an experiment cooking them all. This year I went back after agonizing (they're so interesting) and bought my favorite (yellow indian woman, a Swedish bean kept from pioneer times in Montana) and Steuben yellow eye-<br>Pacific Food and Grain is 45 minutes away on the highway. <br><br>Did you get pictures of your children working in your bean field? Possibly you could publish a journal /log of reconnecting with this part of history.<br><br>Thank you for posting this WONDERFUL adventure, amazing yield variation and having such courage & sense of humor. -Ruth D. Williams What an adventure! our forebears sure worked hard for whatever they got to eat. I heard some people were re enacting the handcart trek some people having strokes and heat exhaustion- this is better. One of my grandmothers made spaghetti by hand, had an outdoor kitchen in summer, and did her laundry in a pot heated on an outdoor fire with her sisters. Growing heirloom beans sure made me feel our great grandmothers could really relate to the adventure. Best to you-
I just picked up 90 pounds of steuben yellow eye, 30 pounds each of Black Valentine, Yellow Indian Woman Bean, 4 largest lima (Christmas Lima, &3 others) Mix, Orca, and 8 Bean Soup Blend, 30 pounds of Autumn Lentil mix (5 kinds of lentils), 15 pound of Purple Sticky Rice & 5 pounds of Black Wild Rice,
& two kinds of wheat (small amounts as I only use a cup a day.) It was a small adventure compared to yours. Last year I bought 60 varieties of beans (in 2 lb bags) and began an experiment cooking them all. This year I went back after agonizing (they're so interesting) and bought my favorite (yellow indian woman, a Swedish bean kept from pioneer times in Montana) and Steuben yellow eye-
Pacific Food and Grain is 45 minutes away on the highway.

Did you get pictures of your children working in your bean field? Possibly you could publish a journal /log of reconnecting with this part of history.

Thank you for posting this WONDERFUL adventure, amazing yield variation and having such courage & sense of humor. -Ruth D. Williams

]]> By: Dave http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-1232 Dave Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:38:18 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-1232 We always just put all of the dry pods on a tarp or sheet and folded the sheet over and jumped on it to free the dry bean seeds. Then you can pull off most of the dry waste and winnow out the chaff and you should just have dry bean seeds. We always just put all of the dry pods on a tarp or sheet and folded the sheet over and jumped on it to free the dry bean seeds. Then you can pull off most of the dry waste and winnow out the chaff and you should just have dry bean seeds.

]]> By: Dave http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-1128 Dave Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:38:18 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-1128 We always just put all of the dry pods on a tarp or sheet and folded the sheet over and jumped on it to free the dry bean seeds. Then you can pull off most of the dry waste and winnow out the chaff and you should just have dry bean seeds. We always just put all of the dry pods on a tarp or sheet and folded the sheet over and jumped on it to free the dry bean seeds. Then you can pull off most of the dry waste and winnow out the chaff and you should just have dry bean seeds.

]]> By: Angela http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-1126 Angela Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:56:17 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-1126 Jayce, I plant the bean plants about 4-5 inches apart in rows about 6-8 inches apart from each other in the garden bed. The plants get 12-15" tall and spread into each other a bit. Climbing beans are great if you have something for them to climb which I haven't figured out here yet, so bush beans work pretty well for me.<br><br>Fern--gardening is crazy like that, isn't it? I thought this may not work too well in very humid climates either (especially the pull the plant and hang it dry part). Jayce, I plant the bean plants about 4-5 inches apart in rows about 6-8 inches apart from each other in the garden bed. The plants get 12-15″ tall and spread into each other a bit. Climbing beans are great if you have something for them to climb which I haven't figured out here yet, so bush beans work pretty well for me.

Fern–gardening is crazy like that, isn't it? I thought this may not work too well in very humid climates either (especially the pull the plant and hang it dry part).

]]> By: Fern http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-1119 Fern Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:25:17 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-1119 I wish I could grow ANY beans in my location. Something ate the plants to the ground every time I planted them! Oddly enough in our previous house - one street over from this one - we had no problems with raiding animals. Which means it's either the bunnies or the very fat woodchuck doing the bean plant eating.<br><br>Good thing bunnies and woodchucks would be Good Eats if necessary!<br><br>Frondly, Fern I wish I could grow ANY beans in my location. Something ate the plants to the ground every time I planted them! Oddly enough in our previous house – one street over from this one – we had no problems with raiding animals. Which means it's either the bunnies or the very fat woodchuck doing the bean plant eating.

Good thing bunnies and woodchucks would be Good Eats if necessary!

Frondly, Fern

]]> By: Jayce http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/10/growing-and-harvesting-dry-beans/#comment-1118 Jayce Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:07:32 +0000 http://www.utahpreppers.com/?p=2779#comment-1118 Excellent stuff. We haven't grown any beans at our house here yet, I'm going to have to try next year.<br><br>About how much space did those bush beans take when full grown? We always had climbing beans growing up, as far as I can remember. Excellent stuff. We haven't grown any beans at our house here yet, I'm going to have to try next year.

About how much space did those bush beans take when full grown? We always had climbing beans growing up, as far as I can remember.

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