I had this idea in my head that sprung this spring and wouldn't go away. Grow my own black beans. I had visions of mason jars filled with black beans, home grown burritos all winter, oh the Glory!
But I planted too early and was busy early on so I did not water them enough. I also transplanted and they never really took off.
But I got a few of them, and this is the first time I get to cook my own home grown black beans. So Excited!
You leave the black beans on the vine until the pods dry out and turn a light golden color. When you open the pod the beans are all dried and ready to be cooked.
The black beans were very good. You get so used to something tasting one way because it has been canned or its old, when you taste that same thing fresh its kind of mind blowing! I think I will try to grow them again, better this time with what I have learned.
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We're in the same boat. Planted about 1 pound of bean seeds and we'll be lucky to get that much back
It always interesting to see how your plans manifest in the garden. I think I planted a pound too! LOL the adventures of gardening. Thanks for reading @jeffhand.
Very cool. I knew black beans are legumes, but I have never seen them in the pod still.
That is why I wanted to grow them, never hear of anyone doing so but black beans are everywhere. Made me curious, it was a good learning experiment. Thank you for checking out my blog @chucko!
I've never planted black beans, though leaving them in the pods til they're dry is the same way I harvest October beans. Nothing finer than homegrown. Great post :)
Thank you @tinajordan! I will have to try October beans.
Yum, yum one of my favorite beans to grow. It is so weird to eat "fresh" food vs the canned or processed stuff we grew up on. I can hardly go back to all that yuck once I experienced the "real" stuff. Lort help me if I ever taste a fresh banana or pineapple, LOL.
Grew up I Hawaii, can't eat bananas here at all lol. It is amazing to taste the difference between fresh vs grocery store bought for the first time. There is n going back. Thanks for reading my blog!
I had a bad bean year here. :(
I always plant pinto, kidney, black and runners.... and the only beans to make it through this mostly cold (yes, we had a couple weeks of proper summer here, but the season overall has been cool) season were runner beans.
As always your photos are amazing and the food looks so wonderful! Tacos and other south of the border foods are the standard at my cottage. <3
I LOVE tacos! I think I'm only getting 2 to 3 cups in total out of a lot of starts. Oh well, next year we will have amazing beans @mamadini!
Indeed! I should of listened to the farmers almanac this year (I usually do), it said it was going to be a cooler year but all al the hype on the "regular" (which I usually do not tune in too) news said HOT.. HOT AS HELL.... ect, and so I was just expecting to be watering more.
Since I've been growing food this has been the worst harvest. Next year I will be prepared, like you. ;)
Growing your own beans makes you feel self sufficient, doesn't it. You can grow a load of food that way with a reasonable amount of effort.
We are having black bean soup tonight made with our own beans from last year. I'm looking forward to topping it off with a big scoop of roasted pepper salsa that I just canned.
Yay black beans! Its true you do feel sufficient, and that is wonderful. Have an amazing meal, garnished with the satisfaction that it was grown with love by you. Can't beat that! Thanks for reading!
Great post :)
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