tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post4816519225403642190..comments2024-02-25T11:58:24.094-08:00Comments on Mal's Edinburgh Allotment: Has Beans?Malhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-12367260250677591732013-11-03T09:29:35.647-08:002013-11-03T09:29:35.647-08:00Nice to hear your crops of beans were good this ye...Nice to hear your crops of beans were good this year. By September I'd almost given up on my Runner beans due to the hot dry weather and baked soil. They recovered somewhat after then. French beans were o.k. early in the year but lacked longevity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-59130564155005807592013-10-28T15:55:42.284-07:002013-10-28T15:55:42.284-07:00As with other vegetables, home grown really taste ...As with other vegetables, home grown really taste that bit better than commercial. Not sure about sprouting - it must have been pretty wet with you(?). Glad you are enjoying "extra" beans too!Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-52871580329635213832013-10-28T15:42:56.458-07:002013-10-28T15:42:56.458-07:00Chilli and Moussaka -and soup. I'm wary of can...Chilli and Moussaka -and soup. I'm wary of canning too, but drying poses no problem. If they've dried hard (in the pod) they are good for months, probably years. Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-32417100992279137742013-10-28T15:34:26.974-07:002013-10-28T15:34:26.974-07:00Lots of things Tany. Best of all soups. They reall...Lots of things Tany. Best of all soups. They really are much better than commercial dried or tinned - and cook in half the time.Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-78660710216112395502013-10-28T02:52:17.373-07:002013-10-28T02:52:17.373-07:00I love dried beans like that - and especially in a...I love dried beans like that - and especially in a chilli con carne! Some of my beans were re-sprouting inside the pods, even though the pods themselves seemed fully ripe and dry. Like your Runners, my climbing beans ("Cobra") had a late rally and continued to produce pods several weeks later than I had expected.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-4425337899811142832013-10-28T01:46:10.137-07:002013-10-28T01:46:10.137-07:00Do you eat lots of chilli? I'm always a bit wa...Do you eat lots of chilli? I'm always a bit wary of drying beans in the same way as I am wary of canning!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8721389676072778468.post-8082141230339133682013-10-27T12:32:54.870-07:002013-10-27T12:32:54.870-07:00So what do you like to do with them once they are ...So what do you like to do with them once they are dried Mal??Tanya.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08436595615435609755noreply@blogger.com