Bean Testing/Tasting

This post is in response to Stephen's comment to the previous post.

We planted a number of types of beans, some of them having come in a package deal. We thought we'd try all these out, and hone in next year on the ones we like best .

We have rattlesnake, but planted them late and in some corn (shady; another experiment), so they're not yet producing.

We also planted Lazy Housewife, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Contender, KY Wonder pole (Old Homestead), Hidatsa Shield Figure, and Speckled Cranberry. And of course, the Maude Walls.

The Shield Figure and the Cranberry are dried beans; the Trail of Tears can be.

We have such small patches of each of these (except the Maude Walls) that we'll probably not be able to can many, although we have done a few jars of some of them. However, we're learning which ones we want to repeat, and hopefully we'll get some seed out of them.

I'm amazed at how much we've learned the past couple of years, when we've actually put some effort into gardening, and yet, how little we know!

MSB