5 Must-Grow Veggies for Home Gardeners #5

5 Must-Grow Veggies for Home Gardeners

Deciding what you are going to plant in your garden can be an overwhelming task especially if you have limited garden space.  Over the next few weeks I will be sharing with you the top 5 veggies that I think are the most important for the Home Gardener to be growing in their garden (I will also be including recipes).

#5 - BEANS
Green beans or yellow wax beans are a wonderful addition to your home gardening experience.  It is also very easy to freeze garden fresh green beans.  Canning beans requires "Pressure Cooker Canning" and a little later this summer I will be sharing tips on how to preserve food using the pressure cooker.  For now I will share some of the bean basics, some bean varieties & a couple recipes using preserved green beans.

Snapping Beans


Freezing Green Beans


Saving Bean Seeds



Below are some bean varieties that I have grown over the years (click on each title to view the entire post):

Italian Roma Beans





Magic Purple Beans

I mixed some regular green beans in with the purple beans for contrast.

Lima-like Beans from Green Beans

Dragon Lingerie Beans


Below are a couple recipes to use with preserved garden fresh beans.  Another special treat (that I did not share below) is to make "green bean casserole" using your own garden preserved green beans!! - So, this Thanksgiving wouldn't you just impress all of your guests by serving green bean casserole with your own home grown beans?

Below are a couple of recipes using garden preserved beans (again click on each title to view the entire post):

Garden Preserved Minestrone Soup


Garden Preserved Chili


NOTE:  This is a doubled recipe in the pan above

Click to view:#1 - ZUCCHINI
#2 - TOMATOES
#3 - GREENS

#4 - CUCUMBERS

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