Harvesting Shelling Beans for the Long Term

Saving Beans for the long term on our homestead in Portugal. It's been hot and dry. A great week to make sure our seeds are dry and perfect for storing and filling up the larder / pantry.
Maximizing Your Bean Harvest: Storage Method for Year-Round Enjoyment
Harvest, dry, select, and store.
Thank you for joining us and if you enjoyed this video, stay tuned for more ideas from our vegetable garden and food forest.
Happy harvesting.
Meraid and Dan
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[@anamagalhaes7571]

Ponham 2 ou 3 folhas de louro dentro dos frascos com feijão para evitarem o bicho. Resulta com outros grãos tais como arroz .

[@HeloisaVidigal]

Também faço isso!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigado pela óptima ideia. Fresco ou seco?

[@NearbyVeggies]

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[@paisley293]

@@NearbyVeggies : seco

[@anamagalhaes7571]

@@NearbyVeggies seco

[@vivalaleta]

I'm an archeology zealot. The anticipation of your build, after you dangled it in front of me, is excruciating. Nice beans.

[@NearbyVeggies]

I’d say we’re also in anticipation. Thank you 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

I thought of a bean you may like courtesy of my son in law who was born and raised in Rome. Lupini Beans are an Italian snack food. There is pre processing involved. I buy them in a jar full of beans and a brine solution. The way they are enjoyed is to spoon up a small bowl, go out on the patio, and pop them in your mouth one by one to separate the skin from the kernel with your teeth. Then discard the skin as you see fit 😅 Great source of soluble fiber (the truly good for you snack), Naturally slow food (you can't eat them by the handful) and inexpensive to make. "A relative of the wild lupine, lupini produces both beautiful flowers and large edible beans. Cultivated mostly in the Mediterranean, lupini can be a great choice for northern gardeners as well as it is frost tolerant. Give this unique plant a try!" Seeds can be bought online where you will also find instructions about preparation.

[@NearbyVeggies]

They are a popular snack here in Portugal too (tremoços). A possibility to plant in the future. Thanks a lot for the information. 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@NearbyVeggies You bet! My pleasure. I love what you are doing You are so fortunate you found each other. In Italy, they are called Lupini Beans (right off the label) 😊 I found seeds by searching Lupini.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We are very happy we found each other.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@NearbyVeggies ♥

[@davidwilson1043]

Must be something primitive but it's very satisfying to see seed collected and stored, speaks of planning for the future

[@NearbyVeggies]

It feels satisfying for us too. Thank you 😊

[@leacruz7311]

You have the most organized garden I see in KZbin! Fences, trellises and drying cabinets are amazing!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Wow, thank you!

[@christines5430]

What a bounty! Well done getting such a good harvest, and future proofing for years to come.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks, Christine 😊

[@the_little_potager]

Can confirm beans grow clockwise in Australia 😂

[@NearbyVeggies]

Awesome. Thank you 😊

[@larhumba4233]

What a wonderful selection of beans! My fave recipe for black eyed beans is to boil, towards the end add celery or squash chunks, till cooked. Drain and add salt, and lots of lemon juice and olive oil. A great dish for Summer. Also chick peas go very nicely cooked with rice in the same pot, add a stock cube to the water. 🥰🌿🌷 Have a lovely weekend.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Great. Thanks for sharing this recipe 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Your bamboo bean rig as they call them in Viet Nam is very nice. Growing your own bamboo can be a great aid in keeping your garden tidy. I love your seed drying rack. Just perfect! With bamboo in mind, you may want to build a bamboo shade house next year if you have some trunks that are several years old. A shade house would be a big help for your strawberries for instance. I have gotten reports that 40% shade cloth is not enough - so I'd recommend 60% and make sure you order white (not black) for obvious reasons. I suspect the beans from the grocery store were not less than one year old - so they had passed their best by germination date. But you did get enough (selected for your climate) for next springs planting so I call that a big success . What are your plans for the house? Are you planning to renovate a small portion so you can live on site? All the best!

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’re avoiding shade cloth and trying to use plants and trees for shade. We have good seed for next year. We will share the plans for the house soon. Thank you for all the great information 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@NearbyVeggies You are most welcome. Sometime, in the first few years, a little shade cloth can be a big aid until a canopy begins to develop. Just as irrigation is essential for the first few years of a trees establishment. Once the tap root is down and the lateral roots are established, mulch becomes their best friend 😊

[@anavarela8878]

What a fantastic garden you guys know what we’re doing. What a joy to go in your garden and collect all that bonty

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@christasmicroflowerfarm2695]

That's a great harvest, enjoy.🍂🍁🍂

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you, we will. 😊

[@bergannon6585]

Fantastic work. You guys make it all look so easy 😊 great harvest. Well done. I look forward to a cookery demonstration 👍 xxx

[@NearbyVeggies]

We did one a few weeks ago and hopefully we’ll do a few more cooking videos. 😊

[@nataliaghidirim1655]

Cheerful! Kindhearted! Humble! Dedicated! Incredible! Caring and loving people you are !🙏 U might consider for next harvesting to use a big sheet fabric for treshing, also just cut whole plant and wrap in sheet, tresh smash and just collect the beans;)

[@NearbyVeggies]

Definitely plans for the future. Thank you 😊

[@waynejones750]

I love the fact you both include wild life😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks Wayne. 😊

[@nataliaghidirim1655]

Hi mister. Are u oprn for encounter?;)) just catched my breath away

[@maxinecapewelll]

So amazing to see how far you guys have travelled. The garden is fantastic. Congratulations 🎉🎉hours of hard work is paying off. I can't wait for the house renovation to get underway. Anything you set your mind's to you follow through with the whole of your heart ♥ much love from Robin Hood County Nottinghamshire England. Maxine and family xx

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you so much 😊

[@jacquelinesilvabravolatam9952]

I really love your channel, please continue teaching us!!! In Chile the beans grow clock wise.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you so much 😊

[@mesutozsen903]

Eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel video için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@ninemoonplanet]

Lemon Verbena, I found it here in 🇨🇦 and potted it up. What an amazing aroma and flavour. Unfortunately it's semi-tropical so it comes inside over the winter even on this temperate rainforest zone. I'm glad I found it, kept it thriving. Enjoy eating the bounty, it will be more nutritious and pleasant knowing exactly where it came from. Well done.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your lemon verbena. 😊

[@paulajones6366]

You will enjoy those beans. It is a challenge to grow anything in 40 degree heat. Well done. I take the whole plant indoors and take the peas off it’s cooler that way. You realise how easy it is to go and buy a bag of beans and a tin of chickpeas!! There is nothing more satisfying than your own produce.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks Paula. Very satisfying indeed 😊

[@AntoniEmanuel7328]

olá amigos. Can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos. ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@offgridwanabe]

Always kind of sad but thankful when it comes to harvest as it is the end of growing. I hope you will share a bean recipe or two this winter. Cheers

[@NearbyVeggies]

It’s a new growing season for us, we are planting again for winter and spring harvests. 😊

[@offgridwanabe]

Lucky you great place to live.@@NearbyVeggies

[@cece624]

So satisfying to watch the progress of your garden throughout the growing season!! Yum, butter beans are my favorite dried beans. 😋 😋 Such a pleasant texture and flavor in soups and stews!! But, don’t care for black-eyed beans (aka black-eyed peas in the USA)-they taste very bitter to me, no matter how they’re prepared.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We love all the beans. 👍

[@owenp65]

Now that is what you call a bean frame, it's mahoosive and does the job brilliantly as well as looking good. I lived what you're doing with the chickpeas as I did exactly the same two years ago with Black Turtle Beans. This years harvest has been superb, the beans being bigger, more uniform and more than plenty of them. I'm wondering whether it will be worth my while to have a go with chickpeas here in the UK. No harm in trying I suppose. All the best with your continued harvesting and all the work that you do. 😉👍🏼

[@tisaninhacerveiraesteves7579]

Parabéns pela vossa colheita, de grão a grão enche a galinha o papo,e vocês aos poucos vão enchendo a despensa !não é sem trabalho, mas compensa.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We grew chick peas in the south coast of England but we had hardly any growing space and decided to grow high value perennial vegetables in the main and trial some unusual or supposedly difficult crops to grow. Always try things Owen, you often get a great surprise. 😊

[@2potornot2pot]

Here in the southern US we call them black eyed peas. You can cook them with okra in a pot and the okra is less stringy. Love black eyed peas and all beans. Especially pinto beans which is a staple in Texas. Hot sun needed. Enjoy your channel!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you for the recipe idea. 😊

[@catarinatorres6378]

Olá! You know so much about plants! I know video editing it’s a lot of work, but I would love to learn from you sowing times here in Portugal, to know when to do it in time! I had no luck with beans….

[@NearbyVeggies]

Would you like me to do a video about that sometime, Catarina?

[@catarinatorres6378]

@@NearbyVeggies I would love that! And all the vegetables! Good things to learn :) boa semana!

[@antonioaugustopaco3209]

Thank you for the extremely well done video. You are a very nice couple !! Wishes of good luck and health from someone from Brazil. Keep it up!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you. Obrigados 😊

[@antonioaugustopaco3209]

@@NearbyVeggies para agradecer em português não existe ( obrigados ) . Existe obrigados no plural mas com o sentido de obrigação e também temos o verbo ( obrigar )

[@NearbyVeggies]

@antonioaugustopaco3209 Obrigada ☺️

[@maggiemorgan8422]

Loved the beans going in the jars ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Satisfying ❤️

[@markdawsonbruce4457]

Iv'e never heard of love in a puff, sounds exciting😂😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

It’s quite a funny name. 🤣

[@charlenequinilty7252]

Great job growing and getting seeds. I’ve done the black eyes and have saved the seeds also both for cooking and for planting.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Well done and thank you 😊

[@stephaniewilson3955]

I have seen a device for shelling beans which is basically 2 rollers you pass the pods through that squeeze enough to open the pods and get the seeds out without damaging the beans. I think I prefer you way, though.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@anniepetty1026]

Fantastic - love your videos!!! ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you so much 😊

[@freibert]

It was really hot, 43 degrees here at Baira Interior, but right now the first rain is coming up // Producing own seeds ist a very good understanding of living the nature //

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’ve had thunder all day but no rain yet. 🤞

[@assuncaomeireles198]

Excelente vidio. Thank you very much God blesso you 🙏👍👍👍👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you too 😊

[@francoisbosman7253]

Hi from sunny Brisbane Aus our beans grow clockwise love your garden

[@NearbyVeggies]

Awesome! Thank you 😊

[@Skattie]

Hi , will watch later , yesterday i see Dutch farmer is back on track, central Portugal ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks for coming back and watching 😊

[@Skattie]

@@NearbyVeggies 🙏🏻

[@simonkelly2339]

The supermarket chickpeas were most likely hybrids that don’t recrop, you might try a pack of gardeners seed alongside your saved peas next year to see.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We will indeed. Thank you 😊

[@kathytucker2491]

Thanks for fab video / not sure which way our beans grow here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 While you are having such hot weather we have so much rain too much rain from January 😫🤔🌺

[@NearbyVeggies]

Always interesting to know changeable the weather can be. 😊

[@MsKurikara]

Beautiful beans!!!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you! Cheers.

[@darrencraddock7944]

We are so looking forward to having our own place In Portugal. We love what you have done with your garden and are excited to see you now have permission to start renovations. We are coming to Portugal this coming week for our first visit to scope out the areas that would fit us best. We love the views you have. Any suggestions on good areas to focus would be much appreciated. Right now our main focus is inland with hills between Coimbra and Porto. Hope to meet you in person once we have a place there.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you. Enjoy your visit and our suggestion is to keep an open mind and see what you see. Every area has its own special features. All the best with your trip. 😊

[@anamagalhaes7571]

Olá. Mais uma semana 😊. Que interessante saber os feijões se enrolam no sentido horário. Acho que deve não deve ser devido à força de Coriollis porque essa força só desvia os corpos para a direita no hemisfério norte se os corpos estiverem em movimento.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigados, Ana. 😊

[@ianandresen2326]

Nice video! We are getting close to harvesting. Though last Tuesday we had a warning of frost! It got down to 5c but no frost!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Are you waiting for the dried beans or still the fresh bean?

[@lindasoaft9303]

Love watching you grow your vegetables! I have a garden too but have not tried growing beans! I’m inspired so will look for seeds to grow. Our weather in San Diego, CA has been very hot also. My strawberries did not do well this summer.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks Linda. Delighted to know you found a little inspiration here. There’s always next year when it comes to gardening. 😊

[@poosmate]

Great job guys. Saving seeds is faith in the future. Take care, Poo

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@maryhauser6523]

The both of you amaze me on how knowledgeable about plants you both are, I just know they are beans , but then, I am a city girl , born and raised in Lisbon, only spent my summers in the country . Keep up the hard work , and you make it look so easy.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks Mary. 🤗

[@egrainger48]

Black beans were really beautiful in the dehydrator. Wonderful crop!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@user-hr1px5xe9q]

I live in the northwest of Dalton, Georgia, USA, and I love seeing your show. Thank you, and God bless. We call them black eye peas.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks a million 😊

[@iniabellepaz445]

Hi, great video, love the puff of love plant..is that native to Portugal? See you pick bean brought memories of being young and helping my grandfather pick his beans…we would get an ice cream as reward 😊. As always I learn new things with you videos… I will be growing beans next year! Thank you for the inspiration and information. Stay well.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Great story about you and your grandfather. Thanks for sharing. Love in a puff is not native. It’s a tropical/ subtropical vine that won’t survive our winters.

[@istvancsaszar9566]

👍👍👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

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[@marietjiestegmann742]

My heart ached when I saw you threw the lemon verbena aside!

[@NearbyVeggies]

I threw it in the basket, and put it in the dehydrator which you can see when I checked the beans. 😊

[@simplydelicious21]

Отличный урожай фасоли. Я то же выращиваю крупную фасоль сорта "Лимская" и чёрную фасоль сорта "Фатима"

[@NearbyVeggies]

The limskaya beans are pretty but I haven’t tasted them yet. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@KarenWood-cj4xi]

How did you learn the names of all the plants. I love your show. Good luck with your house renovation.

[@NearbyVeggies]

I started learning Latin names many years ago because there is no confusion as to what the identity of the plant is. We all use common names in many different languages, but the botanical name in Latin is the same the world over. I don’t know all the names but I try and learn new names a little at a time. 😊

[@erikafernandez3508]

Hola!!como va la reconstrucción de la casa??. Habéis podido empezar??. Me encanta vuestro huerto. ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Olá, ainda não começámos.

[@Skattie]

❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks 😊

[@antonioaugustopaco3209]

No Brasil o feijão tutorado (bambu) cresce anti-horário

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigados 😊

[@alziraseveriano6024]

👏👏👏

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍

[@giginha9175]

That basket was used by fish sellers, mostly used by women and usually balanced on the head ! So you managed to find one in good condition ...

[@NearbyVeggies]

We found several baskets, many were beyond use or repair. I hope this basket lasts a few more years. It’s lovely 😊

[@giginha9175]

❤

[@simoneclarke5104]

That’s so wonderful you can grow so many varieties. Would you say that Northern Portugal has the best climate for growing veg?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’re in what is known as Central Portugal. We can grow a huge range and variety of fruit and vegetables. It’s a bit cooler and wetter in the north but we are in the northern half of Portugal.

[@simoneclarke5104]

@@NearbyVeggies that’s good to know, thank you so much! We are looking at eventually moving to the central area around Castelo Branco, so that gives us hope🥰

[@danyoutube7491]

Do you have any garden trees that could provide enough shade for the strawberries? The edge of the forest would probably be the natural place for them but I suppose then the strawberries might all get eaten by wildlife rather than you :)

[@NearbyVeggies]

We moved them from under the trees where they were doing well but all eaten by wildlife 😂 I tried to keep them together with beans for shade but still not enough. I’ll put plenty around the trees in spring and eventually there will be enough for us and the birds. 👍

[@zanneBC]

🇨🇦👀👍

[@NearbyVeggies]

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[@valentinaestacio6693]

Sra hi love 💕 to Sros quando vâo começar. A renovação da casa 🏡 Sro tudo bem por ai ouvi grve fogo perto de Coimbra e lembrei- me dos Sra e pedi a Deus. Que estivessem com vocês. Sros bjs 😘 🙏🙏🇨🇦🇨🇦bka sorte e Felecidades. Adoro vos ver. 🙅🙅🫀🫀🫀🫀🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@NearbyVeggies]

Em breve. Obrigada. 😊

[@ClaudiaGanzazarolli]

😂a Aqui no Brasil também crescem no sentido anti horário

[@NearbyVeggies]

Obrigados 🤣

[@elainemcgran8828]

Can you explain that again. So french beens when u harvest it early its green, then they go dry what u had in your basket, and u can also eat them. So at the end of the video, which jar was the dry French beens in

[@NearbyVeggies]

The French beans that we showed were Cherokee Trail of tears. They are green when young and when dry, these are a black bean that we store in a jar to use later in the kitchen and plant in the spring. Beans turn into a different colour when dry and you get whatever colour of bean you planted (unless you get an accidental cross) I hope that’s useful. 😊

[@coby6417]

💐🌟👍👏🍀

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍😊

[@simonkelly2339]

I buy gigantes in the uk, 8 quid a kilo😮😮😮😂

[@NearbyVeggies]

Wow 😯

[@patbrady9531]

Any notice when your renovation will begin?

[@NearbyVeggies]

Making progress. 😊

[@jacquelyncorbin8116]

Put a towel in bottom of basket.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Why?

[@portugal1969]

❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks