Stanleysteamer said:

I just thought I'd say I have just strung our onions. Never had to do that before as we have never had such a good crop! I used the Jack Hargreaves method. Seemed to go OK. We'll see!
But what I would really like to ask is, do you have a favourite way of preserving Haricots Verts? We have a glut and are wondering if it would be simplest to freeze them, presumably after blanching Don't fancy preserving them in jars, I am the only one to eat them so small frozen packets would be simpler.
What do you think?

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Stone56 said:

The normal way to preserve any type of bean is to dry them ,but with green beans in the pods , we normally blanch and freeze but only pour boiling water over them to keep them crispy if you over Blanche thay go a bit limp and soggy, also we have done them in honey and vinegar loverly with cold meat in the wintertime

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Stanleysteamer said:

I just thought I'd say I have just strung our onions. Never had to do that before as we have never had such a good crop! I used the Jack Hargreaves method. Seemed to go OK. We'll see!
But what I would really like to ask is, do you have a favourite way of preserving Haricots Verts? We have a glut and are wondering if it would be simplest to freeze them, presumably after blanching Don't fancy preserving them in jars, I am the only one to eat them so small frozen packets would be simpler.
What do you think?

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Wimblowdriver said:

Today I have mostly been pulling yet more weeds out of me grass. Got a triangular strip along the side of the driveway about 8 metres long and 2 metres wide at one end, with soft borders full of shrubs. Three days (well, part days, I ain't that hard a worker) to clear it of bindweed and plantain (not the bananas, lawn weed type). There was that much of it, there is hardly any grass left. So gave it a rake over and chucked some grass seed over it. Leaving it to the weather to water it (had a few showers already), no doubt the spuggies and meeces will have their share.

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Stone56 said:

I have the complete set of "Out of town " good watching in winter to keep yourself motivated, did you know he was not a farmer and never had been

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Stone56 said:

Two of the hardest weeds to get rid of good luck 1 year seed 7 years weed

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