Woooo Hooooo first picking of green beans

Cajun Cappy 4/30/2015, 4:29 pm

The yard finally dried out enough to head out to our main garden box. Our bush beans were ready for the first picking and full of flours and small beans. The are destined for the black iron pot with potato and onions from a friends garden. Add that to some smoked sausage and Cajun spice and our first garden green bean feast is on.

**sanderson** 5/1/2015, 3:12 am

mschaef 5/1/2015, 9:31 pm

I'm jealous but happy that yours are growing so great. My beans are still growing. Hopefully in a week or two ill be picking some.

TCgardening 5/2/2015, 5:49 pm

What variety of beans do you grow?
I did real well with the Rattlesnake beans earlier this year. I'm trying the yard long beans but about half of them were cut down in the hail. Mother Nature shoots as straight as Annie Oakley did.
Craig

Cajun Cappy 5/2/2015, 8:01 pm

These we have been growing for years are contender bush beans we plant them 4 to the foot. They grow fast and we get several pickings of a dish pan full.

**sanderson** 5/3/2015, 9:48 am

Rattlesnake beans are just now blooming. Dragon tongues are getting close. Florida must have an earlier "summer" if you are already done with them.

Cajun Cappy 5/3/2015, 11:44 am

here is what we did with our first picking of green beans it was soooooo good I'll put it here and in the cooking section. Watch the short slide show of how I cook them and please let us know what ya think I would strongly recommend yall try this.

http://cappyandpegody.blogspot.com/2015/05/our-first-pickin-of-green-beans-2015.html

**sanderson** 5/3/2015, 1:19 pm

Very enjoyable video. Here in California, veggies are not smothered but served rather crisp. Adjusting for that, it still sounds like a good comfort food. I never thought of potatoes and green beans in the same dish.

yolos 5/3/2015, 3:32 pm

sanderson wrote: I never thought of potatoes and green beans in the same dish.

Oh yea, a southern tradition. New potatoes and green beans and ham hock. I am not a Cajun spice eater but the addition of the sausage looked pretty good. My husband liked his beans cooked way down to almost mush, but I like mine tender and just soft enough to eat.

Cajun Cappy 5/4/2015, 7:14 pm

Just picked our second picking and it appears they will b are at least 2 more times before they get pulled up to make room for the okra.

Triciasgarden 5/5/2015, 10:43 pm

That is wonderful the harvests you guys are getting. I am still in spring mode here.

**AtlantaMarie** 5/6/2015, 7:57 am

Both the recipe & the music sound really good, Cappy!

vortex 5/6/2015, 10:53 am

This is making me hungry for creamed peas and new potatoes.

And gosh, I haven't even planted my beans yet. Sad

littlesapphire 5/6/2015, 1:33 pm

vortex wrote:And gosh, I haven't even planted my beans yet.

Me either! It'll be another two and a half weeks before I even get the beans in the ground Sad

Cool video, though, Cappy! My hubby loathes green beans (and yet I plant so many of them.....) especially when they're crispy, but I bet he'd love this dish. Thanks for the idea!

vortex 5/6/2015, 10:08 pm

I'm hoping to get my corn planted next week, after the rain in the forecast has passed. Guessing about 2 or 3 weeks after that I'll be able to put in my beans.

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