Harvesting Dragon Tongue Bush Beans

We’re harvesting beans, baskets of beautiful yellow and purple striped beans.

unassuming row of dragon tongue bush beans

These heirloom dragon tongue beans are a bush bean, meaning they do not need to be trellised.  They grow down towards the soil hiding under wide umbrella leaves.

The beans can be cooked fresh.  Sadly they lose their beautiful coloration, [...]

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The Best Beans and Rice Ever

Tuesday night I cooked the best beans and rice ever.

I’m sure it’s the best because I grew the beans, picked the beans, dried the beans, and finally cooked them.  Do you know how many fresh beans it takes to make a cup of dried beans? Now I do.

I didn’t use a recipe (I rarely do) but [...]

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Plants grow UP

No matter which way you plant them, seeds grow with leaves up and roots underground.  Climbers like ivy, always reach for the top of a tree.

Green beans always climb up their support, never down.  This one in my garden was heading down a support but changed direction and is now growing right back up on top [...]

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