Pinto bean harvest for 2023. Short bush bean that produced pretty well despite a white fly infestation - one 3x12 foot bed produced about five cups of dried ‘Quincy’ pinto beans. We wish we had grown more.
I usually keep some of my #beans that don't fit in the grinder in a separate vacuum pot. This way I can make weird blends of #coffee with just the beans that I like. Today was a good day to throw a few of those old beans together.
I planted two kinds of beans for drying (pole beans "Jimenez" and runner beans "Rotblühende") on the other side of the cucumber trellis and they've grown so much that the poor trellis is having trouble staying upright. I can't cut them down yet because most of the pods aren't dry (unless I can and then just hang them to dry?) But I went through and picked some of the singled dried ones yesterday. Look how pretty they are! #gardening#polebeans#runnerbeans#beans#fallharvest
Even if I don't consider myself a #vegan I find this is the easiest way for me. Easy to store easy to cook. That's enough for 4 meals. Saves me the time of #cooking for the next 3 days.
I don't like the term but I would even consider this as #healthy 😀
Bean harvest (so far). Unfortunately, the names of each bean washed off the markers I made for each pot. I can’t remember the name of the four black beans. They did not do well where I planted them, so those four seeds are all I’ve got for next year. The other beans are skunk beans (black and white), cranberry beans (cranberry red), and Kahnawake beans (tan and chocolate brown). I have blue beans as well, but they aren’t ready to harvest yet. I don’t have many of those, either. Some sort of bug seems to kill most of the beans I try growing in my front yard. It eats the leaves off the seedlings before they get established. I’ve tried using diatomaceous earth, but it hasn’t helped. Numbers wise, the Kahnawake beans grew the best, the cranberry beans second best, and the skunk beans third best. I planted a couple of other varieties which did not grow. All of these were grown in pots with trellises or corn to climb. #beans#HeritageVegetables#seeds#SeedSaver#PoleBeans#IndigenousFoodSovereignty#gardening#harvest
Hey! It looks like a lot of people are doing #introduction and reintroduction posts because of the ongoing exodus from other social media.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind from the film of the same name. #SolarPunk
I toot a lot about #SolarCooking because it's a free, zero pollution way to cook that is ideal for summer cooking because it doesn't heat your home or strain the electric grid. And it's fun! I'm looking to test the boundaries of weather and seasons for solar cooking in my region.
I made my own #SolarOven / #SolarCooker out of free materials (cardboard boxes from the recycling, plastic bags, a scrap piece of clear acrylic) and some cheap supplies that tend to get used once and thrown away. (Glue, tape, aluminum foil). Pics attached (I've made two of them so far!)
People ask me sometimes for plans, and I usually direct them to the Solar Cooking Wiki. https://solarcooking.fandom.com/wiki/Solar_Cooking_Wiki_(Home) That's where I learned most of what I know now (plus my own first hand experience). If you like paper books, Cooking With Sunshine by Lorraine Anderson is an excellent reference. I'm also in the process of writing a zine about solar cooking that I'll distribute for free once it's done!
All the food I make in the solar cooker and otherwise is #vegan because I feel strongly that it's the fairest and most sustainable way to eat. I also focus on making real food from scratch (especially #beans and #bread) to show how useful the solar oven is. It's not an Easy Bake Oven! (Though I have baked a cake in it).
I also toot and share stuff about the #ClimateCrisis, #veganism, #urbanism#ebikes and #libraries, among other things... It's all linked together. I want to be part of a fair and sustainable world for all people. Proud to be an anarchist, #NoGodsNoMasters#NoBordersNoNations
6 lbs, 2.7 kg, of green runner bean pods has given 1.7 lbs, 770 g, beans.
Making "Martha's Baked Beans".
Judging fully developed pods from ones that are not isn't easy unless the pods are truly turning color and thin at the ends. Lots of bumpy ones just had little pink beans in them.
OC I heard we're posting beans. This is Bean and his multicolored beans.
Baked Beans