Jun
24
In the gardening world you have to have the attitude of if you don’t succeed try again. Last year, the animals keep me from enjoying any French filet beans. This year I have changed my strategy and the seeds were planted in an area where animals are rarely an issue. I choose to try these …
Jan
10
Beans are one of the simplest things to grow. I recommend them as the first vegetable for a first time gardener. But once you have mastered the bush bean, it’s time to move on to pole beans. They aren’t hard to grow at all, but they are a step up from bush beans, as you …
Jan
04
There is nothing I like better fresh out of the garden than beans. The tenderness and flavor cannot match what you get in the grocery store. In my search for the perfect beans there is one thing I always rule out, growing meaty beans. That is beans that tend to grow large seeds rather quickly. …
Jul
22
Question: What eats bush bean plants? Answer: I know Japanese beetles like to eat bean leaves. They ate my mom’s pole bean leaves into nothing last year. If they eat the pole bean leaves, I imagine they will do the same with bush beans. Traps do not work on them as it just attracts them …
Jul
10
Click here to read all my posts on blue lake bush beans. The number of buds on my blue lake beans continues to grow. No actual flowers opening yet, but as you can from the above pictures, it’s close. If you are growing this type of beans, you can expect buds and flowers to show …
Jul
10
Click here to read all my posts on blue lake bush beans. Above is a picture of my blue lake bush beans after 4 weeks in the ground. Their growth has been good up to this point. I started to see the first buds appearing on some of the plants (click the photo on the …
Jul
10
Question: Are blue lake green beans good for freezing? Answer: Absolutely! I have heard they are one of the best beans for freezing. I haven’t done it myself before, because I never grown enough beans where I couldn’t eat them all fresh (hopefully this year will change that!). I would recommend blanching them before freezing. …
Jun
14
It took about 5-6 days for my blue lake bush beans to make their appearance out of the ground. At the 2 week point they were leaves a plenty. Once the plants have 4 leaves on them, it is time to thin them out. Thin to 1 plant every 4 inches, so that each plant …
May
25
Blue Lake is the classical green bean. They are the first beans I ever grew. They are one of the easiest seeds to find. If a place sells seeds, they probably are going to carry Blue Lake. Why do people love them so much? They are reliable and heavy producers. If this is your first …
Mar
03
In preparation of the upcoming gardening season, I have researching seeds as well as searching through the displays at local stores. One of my favorite vegetables is green beans, so naturally they are one of my favorite things to grow. I plan to grow both pole beans and bush beans this year as well as …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
