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Changing Gears in the Garden
A hodgepodge of homesteading activities
Tis the season to be gardening and I have been doing exactly that. On Tuesday this past week, I finished planting my summer garden.
On Tuesday I canned kidney and pinto beans and planted pole beans.
Planting Pole Beans
I planted the pole beans next to one of the fences where we had planted the tomatoes last year. I believe that rotating vegetables into different garden areas is important to prevent diseases from building up in the soil.
I dug the soil around the fences, but just immediately around the fences. I plan to mow the grass between the beds to keep it short.
As I was planting the pole beans, I noticed that the bush beans I planted last week were germinating.
Three Reasons That I Can (Bottle) Dried Beans
Some years ago, I started canning dried beans. So why do I can dry beans when they will store just indefinitely in the dried form or purchase beans that are already canned? I have two reasons.
1. The first reason to can beans is because by buying beans in their dried form, I can purchase them cheaper than the same kind of beans that are already canned.