I am growing beans from seeds my mother froze from Dad's crop of 1991. She passed away @103years of age and we found these seeds in her freezer labeled 'Old Timey Green Beans you can't buy in the store anymore. I991" They are currently flourishing in my garden!
I REALLY love this man for his genuine enthusiasm and explaining every process in great detail. As a newby to veg & herbs it can be overwhelming so thank you for simplifying it and keeping a smile on your face as you do it, very inspirational 🤗
I had a praying mantis in my pole beans that ate the aphid infestation I had. I almost picked him because I thought he was a bean! That little guy also took out the gypsy moths on my broccoli too! I grow organically anyway but what I learned from this is how nature takes care of everything and it's part of the overall ecosystem. He was a happy camper and so was I!😊
I was going to get some preying mantises for my garden, but upon researching, I found, they eat hummingbirds... I don't want that to happen... is it a regular thing, or a very rare thing? Anyone who knows, would love to hear from you!
Initially I wanted to just plant few cherry tomatoes as a side project and came here for advice about germination. Here I am a month after I started watching your channel with potatoes and lettuces already in my garden and some beans, broccolis and a zuchini waiting for the right time to transplant. And I've set up a bokashi compost and vermi compost as well to support that garden later on. Thank you for all the work you do on this channel, you've helped me find a new hobby and a surprisingly strong stress relief. My little garden with 3 raised beds is now my happy place :D.
You’re exactly where I want to be. I’ve just tasted my first fresh pea shoot 😮I'm old and no one has ever talked about doing this… 🤔 I think his videos are inspiring us all to try new veg/herbs. Good luck Marek 🤗
I planted only 8 bean plants last year and got 3 gallon sized bags chock full from them...my friends were thankful that we had so many and we gave them away to them..this yield was gained by picking often.
If you've never allowed runner beans to fully mature and then harvest them as dry soup beans, I recommend it! They don't stay pretty during the cooking process, sadly, they turn a brownish-grey color, but the taste is amazing and, of course, dried beans will store well for a long time. Last night we made soup from the last of our stored butternut squashes and a cup of dried beans: it was a delicious gift from our 2022 garden.
@@magencramer7359 I keep mine watered until the pods are getting leathery. They're also maturing and filling out as they're drying. Where I am they go all season so I maintain them until the leaves start to yellow in the fall.
I water until the pods start to turn brown...and then ideally would let them dry. Sometimes the weather has other plans! I live in the maritime Pacific Northwest and we can get heavy rains at any time of year. Rather than let everything get moldy, I sometimes pull out the vines and hang them in the barn...or pull the pods and shell them before they've gotten totally dry and then put the shelled beans on drying racks. It's more work, but sometimes necessary here.
Yes my wife n I clean & bag/ freeze our beans which we consume all winter. They are a good compliment to my harvested grouse & whitetail deer 🍁73+ Manitoba hunter Yorkshire expat
I have got to say this is probably one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen recently gardening wise. I never actually really knew how to grow beans until this video, I’m definitely going to take into account so many of his tips and tricks to hopefully yield Ana amazing crop this year. Thank you for the tips
I am so pleased with my garden, so far. I have picked pole bean 2 times, green beans 2 times, and today, I picked maybe 2 pounds of wax beans. Next weekend, it's tater digging day. I'm not used to having a producing garden..I'm blessed! SO blessed. Thanks, Ben!
@@GrowVeg Well, Ben. As you were typing your reply, I was watching my garden getting pelted and ripped apart by a hail storm, like I have not seen in Florida. It has happened before, I had never experienced it, until now. We are converting to a L'Nino from a La Nina..For those of us in the south US, that means we are going from dry and hot, to wet and hopefully cooler. But, in all of our preps, composting, and fertilizing, we often overlook the weather patterns. It's late in the season for me to start over with tomatoes. I can replant the beans etc. But, I think with all that we have available to us now, we might need to consider, if there is one more step that we can take, to protect our garden. Just some thoughts for me, today.
I got the kids at our library to plant pole beans in mid-March to get them excited about our Seed Library and gardening in general, and let them choose whether they wanted to take them home or leave them at the library. Just over a month later, and the ones sitting in our library's windows have done surprisingly well and have started to flower! They really are remarkably resilient things, and so fantastically nutritious. Great video as always :)
I'm doing the same thing at our library--today we planted flowers for pollinators. We will plant beans next month, it's still too cold here. But I was able to distributed bean seeds from our Seed Library as well as sunflower seeds. The kids (and parents) were thrilled!
@@RealBradMiller It's definitely become more popular here in Canada, and the US too. The best ones provide heirloom seeds only, and give instruction on how to save the seed. They "return" some of the seed they collect for the following year's library! We've only got a small one going at our library right now, but it piques the curiosity of our patrons and shares the joy of growing your own veg!
Thank you for another great video. I learned the following technique from a man from Mexico that I think is worth sharing: He hung jute twine on a nail down the fence to the bean plant and the beans grew right up them. At the end of the season, I just cut the twine to remove the entire plant when it was finished. So easy, and very inexpensive!!
I acquired a 8×10 galvanized chain link dog pen that I use to grow out pole beans and there is plenty of room in there for some squash as well. That leaves us with extra room for other things in the garden.🤗
My standby beans are Seychelles stringless fillet pole bean, Maxibel bush stringless filet and the new improved Blue Lake 274 bush bean. Great tips! I envy you with your bees - I've attempted for two summers to raise bees. I set up four hives facing the southeast at the edge of the forest that abuts my property. I then bought four jumbo pkgs of Italian honey bees. They built thier hives in the nest boxes and were prolific and happy. Unfortunately my rural neighbors do not understand the role honey bees and other pollinating insects play in our crops and gardens. The elderly fellow across the road sprays copious amounts of Sevin on everything and anything that flowers on his 2 acre property. The father in law of my abutting neighbor got the bright idea to spray for ticks and mosquitos "to protect the grandchildren". Problem is he sprayed middle of the day when the clover was in full bloom. I lost three complete hives - collapse from the toxic pesticides and the fourth terribly weakened which did not survive the winter. I went around and spoke to these folks letting them know how their insecticides are killing bees and shared my 3 hive collapses. I then ordered 4 more pkgs of Italian honey bees early spring the next year - same thing. I've abandoned attempting to raise bees. In the meantime, pollination here is sketchy to say the least with the stupidity and calloused attitudes of some of these folks. Just one of the many problems when urban folks relocate to rural areas.
I'm so sorry - what a shame. It's crazy how some people just seem to 'nuke' everything to keep things clean and tidy (and sterile!). I do hope you manage to raise bees one day.
I’ve turned an old polytunnel frame into a climbing bean arch, I can’t wait to get it planted up I love beans ! Growing for dried beans and green this year
My plans for today are sowing seeds for Rattlesnake pole beans, and Oriental Yard Long Beans. I have them growing up an arched trellis made of cattle pannel. I am also sowing seeds for Thumbelina Zinnias, Shasta Dasies, and Marigolds. Two days ago, I harvested ten pound of Swiss Chard, yesterday, 7 pounds of mustard, and a lot of radishes. The core leaves were left on the Swiss Chard. They will put out new leaves for another harvest. The mustard was cut two inches above the root base. They will put out new leaves soon.
On a whim, I grabbed some black beans out of a store bought bag and they grew into beautiful plants. Your video couldn't have come out at a better time as I had no idea how to grow and care for them, so thank you so much!
This year I'm growing a pole bean called Turkey Craw and will be using them for an Appalachian culinary tradition, Leather Britches beans. A delicious dish that my grandma used to make.
@@marymcandrew7667 here's a good video of how to make them, they do take time to make but they are so delicious and worth the effort. ruclips.net/video/HU77bD0c-OY/видео.html
I grew Chinese Noodle Bean last year as an experiment and this year, I've decided to grow them on arches going over my walk way. They're delicious and beautiful!
I just found you when I was looking up composting. You are a great teacher. I planted Royal Burgandy bush bean's and so far so good. I have 2 in a grow bag. I'll be watching more of your video's because I am going to transplant tomato and squash.
Very timely video! I planted some broad beans outside last week and some runner beans in seedling pots on my windowsill, looking forward to seeing how they do!
Borlotti and scarlet runner beans and at least two others are going in this year. If our weather actually stops trying to revert to winter, then all will be will.🇨🇦❤️
This is a brilliant channel. Very encouraging. Can't help but notice that you put in kitchen compost where the beans are going to go in a trench, then you sewed beans in a pyramid? But still You motivate me and it's a pleasure to watch and learn from you.
Thanks David. Those seeds produced better than the Kentucky Wonders I purchased. I have planted them again this year and they have come up and flourishing again. They create happy memories if my mom!
Howdy Ben! 👋 Thanks for the knowledge...I'm always learning something new from you.😃 I like to compost in place in my containers. It's good to know beans appreciate it and that I can't over water them. 😃 This year, I'm growing Scarlett Runner beans, Asparagus beans, and Purple Pink Eyed Cowpeas. Your garden design is so nice!👍
I planted some climbing beans behind a bench I made near my fish pond... the idea being they should grow up the improvised branch trellis behind the bench and make a nice little green shade screen.
I am a new gardener and am growing mange tout and French beans this year, if I get them to germinate ok. I have some plug plants as a backup incase I can’t manage it all myself. It’s a big learning curve for me but whatever the results I enjoy the process and am already learning a lot from my mistakes 😊
Last summer I was a bit disappointed with the number of runner beans that were produced, so very grateful for the tip about adding tomato fertilizer and the tip about picking early to promote growth. Hope to do better this summer, thanks.
I fell in love with growing french beans last year after a number of failed attempts with runner beans. I particularly loved a purple variety called cosse violet. It went green when cooked and just grew and grew until the weather change. This year I'm growing Vosse, Faraday, Cobra and a few other dwarf varieties. Also having another go at runner beans.
I am growing Yellow Wax and Jacob's Cattle Beans these two are new for me. As well I am also growing Chinese Long, Pole and Bush Beans these are my usual yearly plants.
I planted green climbing beans and purple (violet queen) beans. The latter was a huge cropper. The former was good and climbed high and produced well. The purple variety were easy to find. Coming into our winter in Oz now they've all died back.
Hi Ben and thank´s for sharing your experiences. Last year, -22, I had a lot of beautiful flowering Runner beans; the experiment was to ferment them for as long as to Mar-Apr -23, i e to The Hungry Gap -23. The experiment was successful; I´ve already had some trials with beans (1-2/5 max.) together with brown rice (3-4/5 min). Beware, the fermented beans gets a really strong taste. Start with sieving them thoroughly. If you need to add water later on in the process, use fresh water. (The tap water has of course to be filtered to remove lime, chlorine and heavy metals...) The fermented beans do not have your favorite taste, but it´s ok when diluted with a proportionally significantly larger amount of brown rice. Tastes good with natural soy sauce, appr. three tablespoons per portion.
I planted bush beans so they fit under my hoops which hold insect net. Despite anchoring it well and it's a very fine net (much finer than tulle) I found a caterpillar on one plant today & got rid of him quickly!
Hi Ben~ this is a great video! I'm growing pole beans, "Cherokee Wax" - a black seeded yellow bean to be exact, and bush beans, "Jade and Green Blaze, The Hulk" because I want all the harvest to come in and can it up, and the pole, runner, climber beans so I will enjoy beans all summer long. I made a fatal-to-beans mistake years ago, I let my chickens into the garden early on, and they scratched up ALL the baby bean plants...I resowed them and had a brilliant harvest all summer long. Among others, I grow Princess Di, Kentucky Wonder, Cherokee Trail of Tears also. This bean has a famous and very sad history: it was sown all along the "Death March" imposed on the Cherokee Indians as they were forcefully moved to a reservation off of the land in the southeastern US. The planted the beans along the way so they could find their way home. It breaks my heart to think of it. Thank you for helping us along! We have another 5" of snow this morning and 20 F degrees. I'll be planting beans in June!
I have a terrible time with slugs devouring everything in the garden. This year I've been heavily pregnant and unable to keep on top of mowing our huge garden lawn which the slugs thrive under and eventually make their way into the raised beds. This year I watered in a nematode solution 1 week before planting out and have noticed a massive decrease in the amount of slugs in the raised beds, I was almost ready to give up on growing my own because it was so discouraging, but the nematodes have been a game changer! Highly recommended them, and they are natural and environmentally friendly
grew braunhilde beans and they ended up nearly 10 feet tall and grabbed onto a branch of a tree that was behind it proceeded to run up the tree and still overproduced ... recommended for those who like purple ... it was stunning
1st year doing allotment and beans. I got around 20plants started and huge T structure built and another T structure built for cucumbers.. hope they grow up the canes well
I’m growing Painted Lady beans and Kentucky Blue Lake pole beans. I live in the Central Valley in California and it already getting very hot here. Today it is going to be 98 degrees! My biggest problem is the heat. Especially when it starts up so early in the season.
I have several cattle panel arches and grow True Red Cranberry, Good Mother Stallard, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Christmas Lima and Sunset Runner beans for dried and Rattlesnake, Trionfo Violetto, Marvel of Venice and a couple of others for eating fresh. This year I'll have a bed of bush beans for a friend with limited space so that will be fun.
Hello - I have tried Good Mother Stollard for the past 2 years and not gotten more than 2-3 pods per plant. Is there a trick? My other beans grow well.
@@gaylekerr9826 They're less prolific than True Red Cranberry but that seems low. I use 10-10-10, greensand and azomite. Planted 6" apart in 3 rows and let them run up the trellis. I don't know why they'd react so differently to your other beans. Are the leaves really big? Maybe there's too much nitrogen? Just a guess. I don't know anything specific to GMS except that heirlooms can be less generous. The rabbits got everything last year so I can't say how many pods per plant I got but it was less than TRC. I hope you have success.
@@dianeladico1769 Thank you, and thanks for responding. We've gone straight from winter to summer here, so it's time. Heading to town for some good fertilizer.
We are trying Dragon Tongue bush beans this year and Seychelles pole beans. Will be another three weeks before our temperature is warm enough to get them started! Great hint about growing beans that will stand out in color from the leaves! Lots of luck to you for a wonderful garden this year Ben!
Thank you for this excellent advice on growing beans. I have failed to grow any successfully from bean since I started trying to grow them in 2020...but this year I have some luck with bought in seedlings - I must shower you with compliments for your fantastic presentation skills. You are an excellent communicator & you are also very inspiring!
Im a big fan of the channel. Im trying to grow mungo and bush beans as a first time bean grower. Lol just 5 plants of each. So I dont risk growing too much ( i have a weak spot when it comes to growing stuff in the garden😂).
Hi Ben, runners and dwarf French this year and I have two arches across the path between my raised beds. Did it again this year, sowed indoors for transplanting end of April, -4° in Inverness last night so house jungle remains 😂
Thankyou for this video. I'm usually successful with runners, but always interesting to see what you do. I'm growing Lady Di and Firestorm runners this year with a purple French climbing bean, Braunhilde. Waiting for this cold snap to finish here in Cumbria before I plant out.
Great videos I have just found you and watched a few now and I like it that you use inches as well as that metric thing. keep posting the videos thank you 👍👍👍
I'm in west central Florida, zone 9b/10a, and I'm growing contender bush green beans. I like them as they are prolific and are only a few days to germinate and I am at harvest in 35 days, even in partial shade.
That arch you are in front of at 4:35 is the way I grow my beans, and it doubles as the entrance to the garden. I stand 1943cm (6'4" in freedom units 😎 ) and have plenty of headroom, the beans just hang all around to be picked. I prefer the Kentucky Wonder and will be trying Marvel of Venice (white seeded) this year.
Great video! I've got runner beans and french beans going, I already planted them out with 4ft 😬, going to grab some larger canes after watching this vod
I grow crops on canes sequentially fromSpring through to Autumn…start with mange tout peas which are more tolerant of cooler weather…then climbing “French” Asturias beans (triply useful…as green beans, podded beans and beans for drying), then Runner beans…and also Greek Gigantes beans (butter beans) for drying. I start all the seeds off in root trainers to avoid slug damage. If you,re careful root trainers last many years. Most utube gardeners like yourself plant just a couple of plants by each cane…I plant 5 or 6 at each cane…bigger crops and an insurance policy against snails😀. Jinxy
Last year first start of gardening , just put them in veg soil , manure, and that was it it grown so well ... this year I'm looking If it can be even better 😊
Very good video Ben . I am trying black and red beans in windowboxes. And 7 kinds of pole beans, some are spekled and some are purple, one is trail of tears, some are old german or swiss beans. All can be eaten green or dry. I think thats better if they can be used both ways. I will sow in big pots as always next week. So happy bean growing y'all 🙂🌻
We're growing purple climbing beans again this year. Last year when we grew them the frame got swamped by overgrowth. Your tip to pinch off the tops will be very useful this year. We are also growing wallflowers.
I usually plant waxed (yellow) bush, purple bush beans and sometimes a yellow climber. I'm not planting any green bush this year as I forgot to order and are not available. Oh well, there is always next year. Thx for all the great info. Today I learned something new.
Sowed my beans in my little greenhouse but something has eaten the leaves of those that came through! Started again so hopefully will have some more soon to plant out 😊
I'm growing runner beans, 3 types of dwarf French bean and 3 types of climbing French bean this year. A bit over the top but are using up old seed stock so growing in the conservatory in pots, in the greenhouse bed, in my two pumpkin patches and in pots outside. I garden in Scotland and 'hedge a bet' with fine spring weather and put a few bean seeds in the soil in early may, cover them with old deep clear chicken breast trays covered in wire to stop the mice and squirrels getting them and then fleece, as soon as they pop up I remove the chicken breast tray and cover with a clear stacking box to stop the slugs. If it's dry I water them, if frosts are light they survive and I get a few plants as an earlier crop. A bit of a faff covering them but it works. I grow them with sweet peas and with calendula at the base and surrounded by borage, brings in the bees. Sometimes I put lettuces inside the bean trellis so the lettuce does not bolt.
I am growing beans from seeds my mother froze from Dad's crop of 1991. She passed away @103years of age and we found these seeds in her freezer labeled 'Old Timey Green Beans you can't buy in the store anymore. I991"
They are currently flourishing in my garden!
Hope you have a wonderful harvest
Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
That is absolutely wonderful Larry. What a legacy!
Fantastic
Wow I'm surprised they are still viable
Oh wow! Be sure to seed save from your current crop!
I REALLY love this man for his genuine enthusiasm and explaining every process in great detail. As a newby to veg & herbs it can be overwhelming so thank you for simplifying it and keeping a smile on your face as you do it, very inspirational 🤗
Thanks Wendy! :-)
I had a praying mantis in my pole beans that ate the aphid infestation I had. I almost picked him because I thought he was a bean! That little guy also took out the gypsy moths on my broccoli too! I grow organically anyway but what I learned from this is how nature takes care of everything and it's part of the overall ecosystem. He was a happy camper and so was I!😊
I do hope your channel gains the views and you gain strength. :-)
Hi @Sherri Ianiro, that praying mantis sounds like an awesome gardening allie!
@@GrowVeg Thanks! I hope he shows up again this year!
That is one of the cutest things ever!!
I was going to get some preying mantises for my garden, but upon researching, I found, they eat hummingbirds... I don't want that to happen... is it a regular thing, or a very rare thing? Anyone who knows, would love to hear from you!
Initially I wanted to just plant few cherry tomatoes as a side project and came here for advice about germination. Here I am a month after I started watching your channel with potatoes and lettuces already in my garden and some beans, broccolis and a zuchini waiting for the right time to transplant. And I've set up a bokashi compost and vermi compost as well to support that garden later on. Thank you for all the work you do on this channel, you've helped me find a new hobby and a surprisingly strong stress relief. My little garden with 3 raised beds is now my happy place :D.
You’re exactly where I want to be. I’ve just tasted my first fresh pea shoot 😮I'm old and no one has ever talked about doing this… 🤔 I think his videos are inspiring us all to try new veg/herbs. Good luck Marek 🤗
@Jane Smith when they are home grown you stop caring about the size and how the veggies look, you know they are healthy and will taste delicious
@@TheWendable Old is just a state of mind. I know some teens who are old. If you are following your passions and dreams then you are young!
Thanks so much for your kind words guys. Growing your own is so empowering and satisfying!
I planted only 8 bean plants last year and got 3 gallon sized bags chock full from them...my friends were thankful that we had so many and we gave them away to them..this yield was gained by picking often.
Good first-hand evidence of the need to pick!
If you've never allowed runner beans to fully mature and then harvest them as dry soup beans, I recommend it! They don't stay pretty during the cooking process, sadly, they turn a brownish-grey color, but the taste is amazing and, of course, dried beans will store well for a long time. Last night we made soup from the last of our stored butternut squashes and a cup of dried beans: it was a delicious gift from our 2022 garden.
Good advice! I do this every year with runner beans and make an absolutely delicious stew with them.
Do you still water the vines while the beans are drying or stop watering at some point?
@@magencramer7359 I keep mine watered until the pods are getting leathery. They're also maturing and filling out as they're drying. Where I am they go all season so I maintain them until the leaves start to yellow in the fall.
I water until the pods start to turn brown...and then ideally would let them dry. Sometimes the weather has other plans! I live in the maritime Pacific Northwest and we can get heavy rains at any time of year. Rather than let everything get moldy, I sometimes pull out the vines and hang them in the barn...or pull the pods and shell them before they've gotten totally dry and then put the shelled beans on drying racks. It's more work, but sometimes necessary here.
Yes my wife n I clean & bag/ freeze our beans which we consume all winter. They are a good compliment to my harvested grouse & whitetail deer 🍁73+ Manitoba hunter Yorkshire expat
I have got to say this is probably one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen recently gardening wise. I never actually really knew how to grow beans until this video, I’m definitely going to take into account so many of his tips and tricks to hopefully yield Ana amazing crop this year. Thank you for the tips
Great stuff! Glad you found the video useful.
I am so pleased with my garden, so far. I have picked pole bean 2 times, green beans 2 times, and today, I picked maybe 2 pounds of wax beans. Next weekend, it's tater digging day. I'm not used to having a producing garden..I'm blessed! SO blessed. Thanks, Ben!
What a great result! :-)
@@GrowVeg Well, Ben. As you were typing your reply, I was watching my garden getting pelted and ripped apart by a hail storm, like I have not seen in Florida. It has happened before, I had never experienced it, until now. We are converting to a L'Nino from a La Nina..For those of us in the south US, that means we are going from dry and hot, to wet and hopefully cooler. But, in all of our preps, composting, and fertilizing, we often overlook the weather patterns. It's late in the season for me to start over with tomatoes. I can replant the beans etc. But, I think with all that we have available to us now, we might need to consider, if there is one more step that we can take, to protect our garden. Just some thoughts for me, today.
I got the kids at our library to plant pole beans in mid-March to get them excited about our Seed Library and gardening in general, and let them choose whether they wanted to take them home or leave them at the library. Just over a month later, and the ones sitting in our library's windows have done surprisingly well and have started to flower! They really are remarkably resilient things, and so fantastically nutritious. Great video as always :)
A seed library?!? I love that idea!
I'm doing the same thing at our library--today we planted flowers for pollinators. We will plant beans next month, it's still too cold here. But I was able to distributed bean seeds from our Seed Library as well as sunflower seeds. The kids (and parents) were thrilled!
@@RealBradMiller It's definitely become more popular here in Canada, and the US too. The best ones provide heirloom seeds only, and give instruction on how to save the seed. They "return" some of the seed they collect for the following year's library! We've only got a small one going at our library right now, but it piques the curiosity of our patrons and shares the joy of growing your own veg!
What a lovely thing to get the kids to do - I bet they loved it. :-)
Thank you for another great video. I learned the following technique from a man from Mexico that I think is worth sharing: He hung jute twine on a nail down the fence to the bean plant and the beans grew right up them. At the end of the season, I just cut the twine to remove the entire plant when it was finished. So easy, and very inexpensive!!
What a great method. :-)
Best bean growing guide!
I acquired a 8×10 galvanized chain link dog pen that I use to grow out pole beans and there is plenty of room in there for some squash as well. That leaves us with extra room for other things in the garden.🤗
What a great way to grow them!
Great idea! I have a dog pen I could do this with as well. I wonder if rabbits can get through the chain link fence and eat the beans?
@@Itsgettingcrazy. I did not have a issue at all last season .🤗
I'm sorry this isn't relevant to the video but your garden planning app is clutch, thank you so much for hosting it, super helpful!
I love it too!
Thanks so much! :-)
Thanks for another great video! Slugs are my nemesis
My standby beans are Seychelles stringless fillet pole bean, Maxibel bush stringless filet and the new improved Blue Lake 274 bush bean. Great tips! I envy you with your bees - I've attempted for two summers to raise bees. I set up four hives facing the southeast at the edge of the forest that abuts my property. I then bought four jumbo pkgs of Italian honey bees. They built thier hives in the nest boxes and were prolific and happy. Unfortunately my rural neighbors do not understand the role honey bees and other pollinating insects play in our crops and gardens. The elderly fellow across the road sprays copious amounts of Sevin on everything and anything that flowers on his 2 acre property. The father in law of my abutting neighbor got the bright idea to spray for ticks and mosquitos "to protect the grandchildren". Problem is he sprayed middle of the day when the clover was in full bloom. I lost three complete hives - collapse from the toxic pesticides and the fourth terribly weakened which did not survive the winter. I went around and spoke to these folks letting them know how their insecticides are killing bees and shared my 3 hive collapses. I then ordered 4 more pkgs of Italian honey bees early spring the next year - same thing. I've abandoned attempting to raise bees. In the meantime, pollination here is sketchy to say the least with the stupidity and calloused attitudes of some of these folks. Just one of the many problems when urban folks relocate to rural areas.
I'm so sorry - what a shame. It's crazy how some people just seem to 'nuke' everything to keep things clean and tidy (and sterile!). I do hope you manage to raise bees one day.
This chap is better than anyone on the tellybox.
Thanks so much! :-)
Might plant these next spring. Who doesn't love beans. :)
I love wax beans...they are so good when you grow them yourself.
I prefer bush beans since they all come in at the same time which facilitates canning and preservation. Great video, thanks.
Me, too. I plant a few every 3 weeks or so. Bush beans are tidy. Pole beans turn into a huge monster in our ohio summers
I’ve turned an old polytunnel frame into a climbing bean arch, I can’t wait to get it planted up
I love beans !
Growing for dried beans and green this year
You'll have loads of beans! Superb!
I grow green beans ❤
I grow purple podded pole beans near the side walk. They are terrific producers and when people walk by they like and comment on them.
Beautiful!
I was beyond impressed with my pole beans! I had only three plants and I’ve gotten almost 2 gallons of beans, and they’re still going!
They keep on coming if you keep on picking - abundance by the handfuls!
The David Attenborough of the Garden Variety 👍
Wow, that is a huge honour!
My plans for today are sowing seeds for Rattlesnake pole beans, and Oriental Yard Long Beans. I have them growing up an arched trellis made of cattle pannel. I am also sowing seeds for Thumbelina Zinnias, Shasta Dasies, and Marigolds. Two days ago, I harvested ten pound of Swiss Chard, yesterday, 7 pounds of mustard, and a lot of radishes. The core leaves were left on the Swiss Chard. They will put out new leaves for another harvest. The mustard was cut two inches above the root base. They will put out new leaves soon.
That's a lot of chard and mustard - fantastic!
On a whim, I grabbed some black beans out of a store bought bag and they grew into beautiful plants. Your video couldn't have come out at a better time as I had no idea how to grow and care for them, so thank you so much!
So pleased this video has proved useful Melanie. :-)
I just bought your wonderful book and read it in one sitting😀😀😀 cant wait to try growing beans this year
Thanks so much for your support. Definitely get those beans growing! :-)
This year I'm growing a pole bean called Turkey Craw and will be using them for an Appalachian culinary tradition, Leather Britches beans. A delicious dish that my grandma used to make.
Sounds intriguing!
I'd love to hear how you make that dish, I love learning new dishes with beans.
@@marymcandrew7667 here's a good video of how to make them, they do take time to make but they are so delicious and worth the effort.
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@@marymcandrew7667same ❤
I grew Chinese Noodle Bean last year as an experiment and this year, I've decided to grow them on arches going over my walk way. They're delicious and beautiful!
You Sir, are AWESOME 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you!
Had I found you earlier, I would have a queens garden by now. Hope it's not too late for me.
Thank you! ❤
Haha, thanks Maria!
Noodle beans would look so pretty on your arched trellis. That's what I'm growing this year!
Hi from Qld, Australia 😀🌴🍂🍁🍁Your channel is so good; thank you. It is full of such useful information to help gardeners, and great tips!
Thanks for tuning in! :-)
Rattlesnake pole beans, Oriental Yard Long Beans and red noodle beans. South central Texas
I just found you when I was looking up composting. You are a great teacher.
I planted Royal Burgandy bush bean's and so far so good. I have 2 in a grow bag. I'll be watching more of your video's because I am going to transplant tomato and squash.
So pleased you found our channel too. Happy gardening!
Snap Peas, Snow Peas, Pole Beans, Lima Beans My trellis is only 4 ft hign. Next year I will go to a 7 ft trellis
Great job. A lovely mix of beans there. 😀
Your garden is beautiful! Thanks for all the tips. You make all of us feel confident to build our own gardens!
That's really great to hear. Happy gardening!
Very timely video! I planted some broad beans outside last week and some runner beans in seedling pots on my windowsill, looking forward to seeing how they do!
Borlotti and scarlet runner beans and at least two others are going in this year. If our weather actually stops trying to revert to winter, then all will be will.🇨🇦❤️
This is a brilliant channel. Very encouraging. Can't help but notice that you put in kitchen compost where the beans are going to go in a trench, then you sewed beans in a pyramid? But still You motivate me and it's a pleasure to watch and learn from you.
Thanks so much. The bean trench concept can be applied to pyramids of beans also - just add your kitchen waste where the beans will be planted. :-)
Thanks David. Those seeds produced better than the Kentucky Wonders I purchased. I have planted them again this year and they have come up and flourishing again. They create happy memories if my mom!
Howdy Ben! 👋 Thanks for the knowledge...I'm always learning something new from you.😃 I like to compost in place in my containers. It's good to know beans appreciate it and that I can't over water them. 😃
This year, I'm growing Scarlett Runner beans, Asparagus beans, and Purple Pink Eyed Cowpeas.
Your garden design is so nice!👍
Lovely mix Valorie! Lots to be picking this summer. :-)
Vraiment top bravo 😊
A bientôt
Merci bien! :-)
@@GrowVeg de rien
I planted some climbing beans behind a bench I made near my fish pond... the idea being they should grow up the improvised branch trellis behind the bench and make a nice little green shade screen.
Lovely idea Christopher.
I have Blue Lake 274 and Asparagus Beans going. I cant wait!
Great stuff!
I am a new gardener and am growing mange tout and French beans this year, if I get them to germinate ok. I have some plug plants as a backup incase I can’t manage it all myself. It’s a big learning curve for me but whatever the results I enjoy the process and am already learning a lot from my mistakes 😊
That's the main thing - enjoy it all Lucy. :-)
Last summer I was a bit disappointed with the number of runner beans that were produced, so very grateful for the tip about adding tomato fertilizer and the tip about picking early to promote growth. Hope to do better this summer, thanks.
Fingers crossed for you Eddie.
I fell in love with growing french beans last year after a number of failed attempts with runner beans. I particularly loved a purple variety called cosse violet. It went green when cooked and just grew and grew until the weather change. This year I'm growing Vosse, Faraday, Cobra and a few other dwarf varieties. Also having another go at runner beans.
Lovely mix of beans there. :-)
Perfect plant ☘️ fresh and healthy
I am growing Yellow Wax and Jacob's Cattle Beans these two are new for me. As well I am also growing Chinese Long, Pole and Bush Beans these are my usual yearly plants.
Great mix of beans there! :-)
I planted green climbing beans and purple (violet queen) beans. The latter was a huge cropper. The former was good and climbed high and produced well. The purple variety were easy to find. Coming into our winter in Oz now they've all died back.
Hi Ben and thank´s for sharing your experiences.
Last year, -22, I had a lot of beautiful flowering Runner beans; the experiment was to ferment them for as long as to Mar-Apr -23, i e to The Hungry Gap -23. The experiment was successful; I´ve already had some trials with beans (1-2/5 max.) together with brown rice (3-4/5 min). Beware, the fermented beans gets a really strong taste. Start with sieving them thoroughly. If you need to add water later on in the process, use fresh water. (The tap water has of course to be filtered to remove lime, chlorine and heavy metals...) The fermented beans do not have your favorite taste, but it´s ok when diluted with a proportionally significantly larger amount of brown rice. Tastes good with natural soy sauce, appr. three tablespoons per portion.
Great recommendation, thanks for sharing your results. :-)
I love your videos. They are so informative and entertaining.
Thanks Marilyn. :-)
I'm giving fava beans and castor beans a try this year.
Thanks for the masterclass.
I'm growing Borlotti, Green Slenderete, and Chinese Wigna. I hope for a productive year))))))
I never connected the mature pods with the end of their production cycle. That's amazing information. Thank you. X
I planted bush beans so they fit under my hoops which hold insect net. Despite anchoring it well and it's a very fine net (much finer than tulle) I found a caterpillar on one plant today & got rid of him quickly!
Hi Ben~ this is a great video! I'm growing pole beans, "Cherokee Wax" - a black seeded yellow bean to be exact, and bush beans, "Jade and Green Blaze, The Hulk" because I want all the harvest to come in and can it up, and the pole, runner, climber beans so I will enjoy beans all summer long. I made a fatal-to-beans mistake years ago, I let my chickens into the garden early on, and they scratched up ALL the baby bean plants...I resowed them and had a brilliant harvest all summer long. Among others, I grow Princess Di, Kentucky Wonder, Cherokee Trail of Tears also. This bean has a famous and very sad history: it was sown all along the "Death March" imposed on the Cherokee Indians as they were forcefully moved to a reservation off of the land in the southeastern US. The planted the beans along the way so they could find their way home. It breaks my heart to think of it. Thank you for helping us along! We have another 5" of snow this morning and 20 F degrees. I'll be planting beans in June!
I never realised that was the reason they were called Trail of Tears. Really sad indeed.
I have a terrible time with slugs devouring everything in the garden. This year I've been heavily pregnant and unable to keep on top of mowing our huge garden lawn which the slugs thrive under and eventually make their way into the raised beds. This year I watered in a nematode solution 1 week before planting out and have noticed a massive decrease in the amount of slugs in the raised beds, I was almost ready to give up on growing my own because it was so discouraging, but the nematodes have been a game changer! Highly recommended them, and they are natural and environmentally friendly
That's a really useful tip, thanks Natasha. So pleased you've got on top of those slugs!
grew braunhilde beans and they ended up nearly 10 feet tall and grabbed onto a branch of a tree that was behind it proceeded to run up the tree and still overproduced ... recommended for those who like purple ... it was stunning
Lovely variety, very pretty. :-)
I love beans, bush and d long kind..I grow em every year, I start later than May cuz they grow quick and long ...
I'm growing broad beans this year
1st year doing allotment and beans. I got around 20plants started and huge T structure built and another T structure built for cucumbers.. hope they grow up the canes well
Sounds like you're off to a great start. :-)
I am growing red swan beans, purple beans and wax beans.
I’m growing Painted Lady beans and Kentucky Blue Lake pole beans. I live in the Central Valley in California and it already getting very hot here. Today it is going to be 98 degrees! My biggest problem is the heat. Especially when it starts up so early in the season.
Oh wow, that is very hot already!
Cheers Ben another great video !
I have several cattle panel arches and grow True Red Cranberry, Good Mother Stallard, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Christmas Lima and Sunset Runner beans for dried and Rattlesnake, Trionfo Violetto, Marvel of Venice and a couple of others for eating fresh. This year I'll have a bed of bush beans for a friend with limited space so that will be fun.
Hello - I have tried Good Mother Stollard for the past 2 years and not gotten more than 2-3 pods per plant. Is there a trick? My other beans grow well.
@@gaylekerr9826 They're less prolific than True Red Cranberry but that seems low. I use 10-10-10, greensand and azomite. Planted 6" apart in 3 rows and let them run up the trellis. I don't know why they'd react so differently to your other beans. Are the leaves really big? Maybe there's too much nitrogen? Just a guess. I don't know anything specific to GMS except that heirlooms can be less generous.
The rabbits got everything last year so I can't say how many pods per plant I got but it was less than TRC.
I hope you have success.
Love cattle panel arches - such a great idea. :-)
@@dianeladico1769 Thank you, and thanks for responding. We've gone straight from winter to summer here, so it's time. Heading to town for some good fertilizer.
@@gaylekerr9826 I hope you have a bountiful harvest.
I love bush beans but I'm going to try pole beans again. Thanks for the good info.
This year I'm doing scarlet runner beans and heirloom rattlesnake pole beans (which already seem to be rapid growers in the greenhouse)
A great pairing of beans. :-)
More videos please.
I realy think your videos are great. The way you give information is very pleasant
Thanks so much. :-)
We are trying Dragon Tongue bush beans this year and Seychelles pole beans. Will be another three weeks before our temperature is warm enough to get them started! Great hint about growing beans that will stand out in color from the leaves! Lots of luck to you for a wonderful garden this year Ben!
Thanks Madeleine - and for your garden too.
Dragon Tongue bush beans are my absolute fave! Easy to find and delicious. I also like purple pole beans for the same reasons.
Hot damn this channel is useful!
Great advice. Thank you, as a novice allotment holder, any advice welcome.
Rachel 👍👍💐
Thanks Rachel. Happy gardening!
I adore you guys!!!
Thank you so much, Sarah! :-)
Thank you for this excellent advice on growing beans. I have failed to grow any successfully from bean since I started trying to grow them in 2020...but this year I have some luck with bought in seedlings - I must shower you with compliments for your fantastic presentation skills. You are an excellent communicator & you are also very inspiring!
Thanks so much! I hope your beans grow really well this tie round. :-)
I just started pole beans bush beans and yellow beans today.
Brilliant! :-)
Im a big fan of the channel. Im trying to grow mungo and bush beans as a first time bean grower. Lol just 5 plants of each. So I dont risk growing too much ( i have a weak spot when it comes to growing stuff in the garden😂).
Well done on being so restrained - that takes strength! :-)
Hi Ben, runners and dwarf French this year and I have two arches across the path between my raised beds. Did it again this year, sowed indoors for transplanting end of April, -4° in Inverness last night so house jungle remains 😂
Oh crikey - that's a convincing frost! Spring not too far off now though. :-)
This year I've planted purple pole beans, my grandma called them magic beans because of the way they change color when they're cooked!
What a lovely name for them!
Merci pour vos conseils intelligents et enthousiastes
Je vous en prie. Merci d'avoir regardé. :-)
Thankyou for this video. I'm usually successful with runners, but always interesting to see what you do. I'm growing Lady Di and Firestorm runners this year with a purple French climbing bean, Braunhilde. Waiting for this cold snap to finish here in Cumbria before I plant out.
David Briggs
I am growing runner beans, french climbing bean and Greek Gigantes
Thanks again for another informative video. I love fresh beans,I also can loads of beans for the next year.
Great videos I have just found you and watched a few now and I like it that you use inches as well as that metric thing. keep posting the videos thank you 👍👍👍
Will do Peter. Thanks for watching!
I'm in west central Florida, zone 9b/10a, and I'm growing contender bush green beans. I like them as they are prolific and are only a few days to germinate and I am at harvest in 35 days, even in partial shade.
Wow - those are quick-growing beans!
That arch you are in front of at 4:35 is the way I grow my beans, and it doubles as the entrance to the garden. I stand 1943cm (6'4" in freedom units 😎 ) and have plenty of headroom, the beans just hang all around to be picked. I prefer the Kentucky Wonder and will be trying Marvel of Venice (white seeded) this year.
What a great entrance to your garden!
Great video! I've got runner beans and french beans going, I already planted them out with 4ft 😬, going to grab some larger canes after watching this vod
Thanks for this video got various runner beans on the go for this season Tim
I grow crops on canes sequentially fromSpring through to Autumn…start with mange tout peas which are more tolerant of cooler weather…then climbing “French” Asturias beans (triply useful…as green beans, podded beans and beans for drying), then Runner beans…and also Greek Gigantes beans (butter beans) for drying. I start all the seeds off in root trainers to avoid slug damage. If you,re careful root trainers last many years. Most utube gardeners like yourself plant just a couple of plants by each cane…I plant 5 or 6 at each cane…bigger crops and an insurance policy against snails😀. Jinxy
Interesting to be planting so many by each cane Jane - clearly this works for you. :-)
Last year first start of gardening , just put them in veg soil , manure, and that was it it grown so well ... this year I'm looking If it can be even better 😊
Very good video Ben . I am trying black and red beans in windowboxes. And 7 kinds of pole beans, some are spekled and some are purple, one is trail of tears, some are old german or swiss beans. All can be eaten green or dry. I think thats better if they can be used both ways. I will sow in big pots as always next week. So happy bean growing y'all 🙂🌻
Great video ben i did my beans last week im doing belittle again this year
Moles are a real problem. Any ideas?
Loved this video. Thanks. Cape Town. S. A.
You can get mole deterrents. More on this here: www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/moles
Just love your channel, and the way you explain everything. Best garden channel I have found!!
Thanks so much Shawna, appreciate you watching. :-)
We're growing purple climbing beans again this year. Last year when we grew them the frame got swamped by overgrowth. Your tip to pinch off the tops will be very useful this year. We are also growing wallflowers.
I usually plant waxed (yellow) bush, purple bush beans and sometimes a yellow climber. I'm not planting any green bush this year as I forgot to order and are not available. Oh well, there is always next year. Thx for all the great info. Today I learned something new.
Glad to have helped Susan. :-)
Sowed my beans in my little greenhouse but something has eaten the leaves of those that came through! Started again so hopefully will have some more soon to plant out 😊
Fingers crossed the second batch don't get eaten! :-)
I'm growing runner beans, 3 types of dwarf French bean and 3 types of climbing French bean this year. A bit over the top but are using up old seed stock so growing in the conservatory in pots, in the greenhouse bed, in my two pumpkin patches and in pots outside. I garden in Scotland and 'hedge a bet' with fine spring weather and put a few bean seeds in the soil in early may, cover them with old deep clear chicken breast trays covered in wire to stop the mice and squirrels getting them and then fleece, as soon as they pop up I remove the chicken breast tray and cover with a clear stacking box to stop the slugs. If it's dry I water them, if frosts are light they survive and I get a few plants as an earlier crop. A bit of a faff covering them but it works. I grow them with sweet peas and with calendula at the base and surrounded by borage, brings in the bees. Sometimes I put lettuces inside the bean trellis so the lettuce does not bolt.
What a great way to cheat the seasons (and the slugs!).