Structures to grow veg up?

[nick the grief]

You don't eat them like runners do you Andrew? I always thought that you sheeled these.

I may give them a go if I have room as I love bean saldads.

[andrewo]

There are recipes where you use the pods only when they are mange tout size, but the beans are versatile, can be used in salads or stews. Can also be dried for winter use and seeds.

Recipes:
http://www.abc.net.au/tasmania/stories/s1200534.htm

You can substitute borlotti for butter beans in most recipes.

And:
http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=31993

Further information on the bean itself
http://www.uktvfood.co.uk/index.cfm?...tem&iID=503772

With pasta
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/p...herry-tomatoes

And rocket
http://www.sanitarium.com.au/recipe/....do?rec-id=844

I do love these beans

[Lesley Jay]

Nick you can eat the young pods like french beans or grow them on and shell the beans.

[nick the grief]

My Gran used to make a really nice soup with dried beans in. I don't know where she got the recipe from but it was great on a cold day with a big chunk of homemade bread !

[andrewo]

You could use borlotti in this, very meaty beans, good in soups.

[SueA]

My Gran used to make a really nice soup with dried beans in. I don't know where she got the recipe from but it was great on a cold day with a big chunk of homemade bread !

We lived with my Auntie in her old-fashioned corner shop when I was small & I used to spend hours sitting on the floor playing with the loose dried peas & beans from the bags like marbles & tiddlywinks, hope the customers washed them well! She used to make great soups & stews full of butter beans, peas & lentils but nobody seems to do that anymore execpt perhaps Andrewo!

[Nicos]

Is that why it is more windy in Lancashire??

[smallblueplanet]

Borlotti and haricot (in the form of Blue Lake & Blauhilde), which we grow lots of, are dead easy to freeze, and taste much nicer than dried ones (IMO) - they are great in soups & cassoulets & pasta sauces etc! (and you can make quite nice pate/spreads with them)

[andrewo]

We lived with my Auntie in her old-fashioned corner shop when I was small & I used to spend hours sitting on the floor playing with the loose dried peas & beans from the bags like marbles & tiddlywinks, hope the customers washed them well! She used to make great soups & stews full of butter beans, peas & lentils but nobody seems to do that anymore execpt perhaps Andrewo!

Of course, come the revolution I won't be put up against the wall! Do you think learning how to build PCs and work in call centres will feed the masses. No, I will come forth as STEW MAN, with a cupboard full of beans, lamb and rabbit.

[SueA]

Is that why it is more windy in Lancashire??

It's blowing a gale today & I'm a vegetarian too ( well nearly, I sometimes eat fish)

[SueA]

Of course, come the revolution I won't be put up against the wall! Do you think learning how to build PCs and work in call centres will feed the masses. No, I will come forth as STEW MAN, with a cupboard full of beans, lamb and rabbit.

And rhubarb schnapps?

[WiZeR]

Managed to get this up at the weekend. I have been advised to add more canes for support and rigidity. That'll be this weekends task.



I was wondering if anything can be grown in the middle of the wigwam? It seems like a lot of wasted space.

[Lesley Jay]

You definately need more cane sticks for extra support as runner bean plants are very heavy. I suppose lettuce could go in the middle but once the beans have grown tall and filled out the frame you will not be able to reach them.

[andrewo]

Yes, you need at least eight more or every 12" as they do get heavy and they will just push it over.

[nick the grief]

Radish's up the middle? they are quick crops, I usually grow a few lettuce as they benefit from the cool moist conditions. The y don't suffer too bad as most of the growth is up top anyway so they get enough light & air at the bottom I've found.