29 thoughts on “Harvesting and preserving dry beans from the garden! #growyourownfood #gardenharvest #offgridliving”
Question: how do I prevent mice and whatever else is munching my beans before they're ready to be harvested? I lost pretty much all my chickpeas this year and half my black beans to something eating them before they're ready. Totally heartbroken
Oxygen absorbers can be a good preservation technique too. I've heard you can make them out of steel wool in a pinch (though I've never tried that), and they preserve the seed at room temperature while keeping it viable.
I kept my seeds under my spare bed in the guest room and I just discovered those nasty little bugs 🪳 bean weevils were everywhere and having a blast eating all my saved bean seeds 😡 took hours and hours of cleaning. I will definitely be heat treating this years harvest. Seeds are no longer stored in my spare room anymore either.
I always learn something new on your channel. So, are the beans bought from the store already heat treated or freeze treated, or should we be doing this to store bought beans as well before storing them? Thank you
Thank you so much for this info! I grew beans to dry for the first time this year and I had no idea about heat treating them! Im going to do that this week so I can store them!🌱🫛
I had the day off work today and spent the entire day dealing with the abundance as you call it. Today was mostly herbs, interrupted of a three hour mushroom picking intermezzo. I made a bunch of herb salt which I love love love and it's the spice that I cannot ever go without and I now have a room full of drying herbs and tea plants. My grandma always had a room in her house dedicated to tea and herbs that would hang from the ceiling and racks, and as a kid I thought she was a witch. (Her family still took living of the land so seriously that they grew, spun, and wove their own fabric on their farm and my love for this lifestyle is all from her). Yours is my favourite content on YouTube.
So, I have a question for you, if you are building a house, what are a few things you want to include while building? I am going to start building a house next year, (drawing up plans now) and I decided to ask people what a few things they would add if building( or rebuilding) their homes. Thanks!
Question: how do I prevent mice and whatever else is munching my beans before they're ready to be harvested? I lost pretty much all my chickpeas this year and half my black beans to something eating them before they're ready. Totally heartbroken
Oxygen absorbers can be a good preservation technique too. I've heard you can make them out of steel wool in a pinch (though I've never tried that), and they preserve the seed at room temperature while keeping it viable.
Golden finches: 👯🪩
Them: 👁️👄👁️
I kept my seeds under my spare bed in the guest room and I just discovered those nasty little bugs 🪳 bean weevils were everywhere and having a blast eating all my saved bean seeds 😡 took hours and hours of cleaning. I will definitely be heat treating this years harvest. Seeds are no longer stored in my spare room anymore either.
so excited for this years living off the land challenge!
Wow ! I love it! You guys are so inspiring to plant, forage and eat your own healthy food. Thank you
Dealing with the aBEANdance 🫘
The sound of the fresh beans in the wooden bowl 🩵😇 so perfect
We add a little diatomaceous earth to our bean jars—that also takes care of the weevils!
I always learn something new on your channel. So, are the beans bought from the store already heat treated or freeze treated, or should we be doing this to store bought beans as well before storing them? Thank you
Thank you so much for this info! I grew beans to dry for the first time this year and I had no idea about heat treating them! Im going to do that this week so I can store them!🌱🫛
Try putting a bay leaf in with your dried beans and rice to keep out bugs.
Netfinch and Shell??
🌻🐦⬛🫛🫙
May I suggest you learn to make a version of New Orleans red beans and rice?
I had the day off work today and spent the entire day dealing with the abundance as you call it. Today was mostly herbs, interrupted of a three hour mushroom picking intermezzo. I made a bunch of herb salt which I love love love and it's the spice that I cannot ever go without and I now have a room full of drying herbs and tea plants. My grandma always had a room in her house dedicated to tea and herbs that would hang from the ceiling and racks, and as a kid I thought she was a witch. (Her family still took living of the land so seriously that they grew, spun, and wove their own fabric on their farm and my love for this lifestyle is all from her).
Yours is my favourite content on YouTube.
What kind of dehydrator do you use? It's so cool that the trays are flexible like that for easy pouring 🤩
wow impressive and extremely sustainable
Those beans are beautiful. Now I'm hungry.
I was 2 days away from harvesting the remainder of my beans …… oh DEER 😅 , 3 of them to be exact ! They stole my beans 😂 .
My fault though , I didn’t deer proof my garden this year 😂😂 lesson learned .
How beautiful beans
Those beans they be good for gallo pinto a Costa Rica everyday food
Oh man, shelling the beans on the frot porch. So iconic. Yrall just need to get a porch swing! The beans are so beautiful!
What is the name of the bean in this video?
Such beautiful beans
So, I have a question for you, if you are building a house, what are a few things you want to include while building? I am going to start building a house next year, (drawing up plans now) and I decided to ask people what a few things they would add if building( or rebuilding) their homes.
Thanks!
That low heat to kill the weavils is such a good idea🎉🎉🎉
Can you throw them in a pillow case and give it a shake to release?
Any tips on preventing bean weevils? This video is what I envisioned for my beans, but the weevils had other plans. 😭
yum yum. you guys rock and are inspiring!