This is the first time I’ve grown green beans, and they turned out pretty good. I harvested most of them on Sunday, October 5th. They were planted on July 23rd, so that made 74 days till harvest. The package said they’d be ripe in 60 days, but I imagine the cold nights have slowed them down, since it was a late planting. Plus, I probably could have fertilized that soil, although I did grow peas there in the spring, and they’re supposed to add nitrogen to the soil, so perhaps it was more fertile than I thought.

The harvest wasn’t huge, but it was enough to mostly fill one big pocket in my jacket. I probably could have picked them sooner, because some were a little big and fat. But they taste good. And this is coming from a guy who never really learned to eat his veggies as a kid!

My wife, Dana, said the other day that she had cooked them all (boiled them) because she didn’t want to see them shrivel up on the counter. But she hadn’t tried them — she just put them in a container in the fridge after cooking them. I think she thought they’d be tough, since some were pretty big. So, we got them out of the fridge and just popped a few of them in our mouths cold. She got a surprised look on her face and said, “These are actually good!”

I’m having some with my lunch today. I’m looking forward to it. Imagine that — me, looking forward to eating my vegetables! My, how gardening can change a person. :-)