dpGot back from a long holiday to find my harvest.of black turtle beans nice and dry ready for disenbeaning. I'll post the number for our ROI once they're all shelled.
Stephen@damianpeterson interesting! What sort of area did 50 bean plants occupy? And are these climbing or dwarf beans?
(I have some climbing and runner beans I'm growing for drying this year, and I'm starting to get into running the numbers on how much back yard I'd have to devote to get close to what I actually eat every year...)
(I have some climbing and runner beans I'm growing for drying this year, and I'm starting to get into running the numbers on how much back yard I'd have to devote to get close to what I actually eat every year...)
@stephen The area is approx 1.2m x 1.2m. I bought the beans from Binn Inn and it turns out they were climbing beans (I was unprepared for this). Next year I'll be filling the other half of the raised garden with soil and will do it again in this section but this time with better supports.
We usually use 3/4 cup of beans for a rice and beans meal so only 8 full meals from this harvest.
The Book of Dave@damianpeterson I love the "I was unprepared for this" bit. Surprise!!!!
@damianpeterson Very cool! I suspect you'll get a better yield with those supports, and maybe even fewer but less crowded plants.
I probably eat a kilo of dried legumes every two weeks, so I can't see myself going "off grid" for beans totally, but it's very nice to have some from your own soil. And I know from last year's saved beans they're genuinely nicer... I think a lot of dried beans we buy have been in a warehouse for a year or two before they make it here.
I probably eat a kilo of dried legumes every two weeks, so I can't see myself going "off grid" for beans totally, but it's very nice to have some from your own soil. And I know from last year's saved beans they're genuinely nicer... I think a lot of dried beans we buy have been in a warehouse for a year or two before they make it here.
@stephen I read somewhere that you can't do crop after crop of legumes. I'm just doing it initially to fix some nitrogen in the new soil.