I write about my Permaculture practice in a Northern California garden.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Saving Seed - Black Beans
During the cold weather we like to eat black beans in various recipes. Black bean chili with butternut squash is a staple winter-time meal for us. I've been buying organic black beans from the grocery store for years. I've grown plants for the past few years. This year I got a pretty good yield from a few plants I grew in the front yard. Some of the plants are still maturing but I cut some of them today and gathered a pile of seed pods. Once all the plants mature and the seed pods dry fully I'll thresh and winnow the seeds and maybe I'll get enough for one pot of chili.
Labels:
beans,
black beans,
edible plants,
food,
Permaculture,
phaseolus vulgaris,
saving,
seeds,
threshing,
winnowing
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