Holy cow, I only planted one 50-foot row of Provider green snap beans this year during a very hot and dry spring. I figured maybe I’d get enough to can up one batch after son, Bill and his family, had picked half a row ahead of a rainstorm, a couple weeks ago. So far, I’ve canned up 33 pints and have another 11 in the canner right now, plus what will amount to another 12 or so pints still left on the vines. And I threw away all the big, fat beans that would be tougher. My goodness, how impressive to say the least!
I cut up my beans on the front porch so I can enjoy the breeze and listen to the birds sing while working. It’s such a nice place to work. And it keeps the mess out of my kitchen too. Win, win!
Will’s been busy haying and has two more fields all baled up. But today, while I was headed out the driveway, I met him coming in with the baler when I thought he was baling another field. Oh oh! Yep, he was broken down with a bearing out of the pickup reel. It was a nasty job, but he managed to get the worn bearing out and, luckily, he had a spare. We often order double or even triple when needing a part, just for that reason.
I’m trying to get ahead with the rapidly maturing green beans so I can get to picking the rapidly maturing chokecherries we have next to the chicken yard. But I feel like I’ll never get them all done!! Of course, I do know I will. But holy cow, that’s a lot of beans! Thank you, God. — Jackie
