Today, I will cover our usual segments as well as Last week, a listener asked a question that led us on an adventure about how to let go of the clutter in your life that are things you may not be things you LOVE but you love the person or memory that they trigger discuss what to do when all your green beans get ripe at the same time. Spoiler: You handle too many green beans much differently than too many tomatoes.
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Tales From The Prepper Pantry
- Green bean update 53
- Smoked butts
- Schnitzel Saves the Day
- Shelving Idea for Basecamp Classroom
Frugality Tip
Most of us have tile somewhere in our house, and I have tried all kinds of things to get the grout lines clean. I personally have spent lots of money on a variety of cleaners. Well here you go: grab some peroxide and a toothbrush and prepare to be as amazed as I was. The grout looks brand new. So stop trying all of these weird chemicals that don’t actually clean anything and go back to the basics.
Operation Independence
- Duplex Update
Summer Time brings me memories of lazy days at the family pool, mom in the kitchen processing food or in the garden tending things. Picking strawberries at 4 in the morning, then getting home by 3 or 4 to shower and do it all over again.
It was lazy but not lazy.
There was always a sense of go with the flow in the summer where I grew up. And back then, a kid could still earn pocket money in the fields.
Sometimes I miss that life, but it was also work. And perhaps that is why I find it fun to do the garden work or the canning work.
Once again, I got the call every homesteader wants to get: Hey do you want all the green beans in one of my rows? I have too many.
And it was hot, I had just spent 2 days painting and only had a single day to prepare for a Saturday event here. So I said.
YES PLEASE!
Last week we talked about how to process an abundance of tomatoes by basically NOT processing them. This week it is beans. Ways to preserve green beans
- Pickled
- Blanched and frozen
- Blanched and freeze dried
- Blanched and dehydrated
- Canned
Timeline
- Canning and pickling
- Blanching and Freezing or drying
- Compost
Pre-freezing green beans for canning still means you need to blanch them so – why bother?
My Secret to processing so many beans in just 24 hours – it was either a bushel and a half or 2 bushels.
- Presto electric canner
- Tapping into the in-between times
- One Last Batch at night
- How the supplies are organized
- Cleanup in between batches so I could also cook meals
In sum: Hard work but not really that hard
Recipes with green beans
- Steamed or boiled, drained, butter and spiced
- Pan seared
- Roasted
- Green Bean Salads
- Green bean eggy saute
Make it a great week.