Stretching your Legumes - 2020 Challenge

[veggiechicken]

My Challenge this year is to be able to pick legumes every month of the year!!

Legumes defined as peas and beans, French, Runner and Broad.
Picking defined as something to eat fresh, not dried or frozen or otherwise preserved.

Pea shoots will be the default edible - as these should be available all year round - provided they're resown regularly.

Dwarf French beans and peas will produce faster than climbing versions and don't need pollinating as Runner beans do.

Dwarf Legumes (or Legs as I shall call them) can also be grown more easily in pots than climbers and don't need fancy supports.

Any thoughts?

Anyone feel like stretching their Legs with me?

[burnie]

SWMBO doesn't go much for beans, I will grow a few peas and broad beans for me but not to last all year, I'd love to grow proper Butter Beans, but I believe that might be close to impossible this far north.

[Snoop Puss]

I'll stretch my legs, but in a different way. Having decided it's too much effort and possibly not even worth growing veg in my main patch, I'm going to grow some drought-resistant legumes down in the fields. Sow in spring, not water and see what happens.

[FBI]

Well as I already have BB plants outside and more sprouting in the GH, plus having put peas in 7 buckets last week, I suppose I'd best join in :-)

[veggiechicken]

Welcome, FBI.
I'm always setting little Challenges for myself and any willing volunteers.

[Vegi potager]

I am already planning a range of dwarf and climbing FB. peas and mangetout. Both for pods and beans. The (Dwarf)broads are already coming up with more going in later
Only planning 1 runner this year, Gigantes, for the beans. Not keen on runners otherwise.

Last year I spent 45p? on some dried peas from the supermarket to grow for shoots which worked well. Only I just found the last of them in the GH, they got left in there from last August? I may have to break the bank and spend another 50p if they don't germinate this year

I won't make Jan, and feb will be pea shoots only if they germinate.

[Small pumpkin]

Sorry I’m busy
I don’t think I’d manage it anyway. But under normal circumstances I’d of given it a go

[Scarlet]

Only planning 1 runner this year, Gigantes, for the beans. Not keen on runners otherwise.

You can eat the beans of normal runners too. They are very good as you can get a lot of bean for your space iI use mine dried.



# be warned peeps - VC challenges are for serious nutters I gave up after trying to look after around 100 tomato plants one year!

[veggiechicken]

There's nothing "serious" about my little challenges - just look at the Tromba one.

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ghlight=tromba

[Chestnut]

Not sure I can handle 2 challenges at once! TBH, it takes until about February to finish the frozen beans, and I still have some dried runners in the cupboard in the garge which I’m keping for soups during the hungry gap...

[veggiechicken]

I hate my frozen beans - they're yuk!! I've thrown them all to the chooks. Hence this little Challenge - so that I never ever have to eat another frozen bean, well , not this year anyway!

[Snoop Puss]

# be warned peeps - VC challenges are for serious nutters I gave up after trying to look after around 100 tomato plants one year!

If you're reading this thread, you know in your heart of hearts you want to join in... I'm taking the challenge a bit loosely. Won't be picking fresh legumes every month but will be growing new ones and eating them all year round.

[Snadger]

Must be my mind. The title of this thread seems mildly pornographic.

[veggiechicken]

Its your mind!!

"He's not Snadger - he's a very naughty boy"

[Guest]

There's nothing "serious" about my little challenges - just look at the Tromba one.

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ghlight=tromba

Well baring in mind I was expecting you to have come up with something similar to cucumber straightening or weighing down of beans whilst growing to 'stretch them' I think this is actually a very serious (and worryingly) sensible challenge. Are you feeling ok?