Are you able to freeze your green beans?
For the first time ever, I’ve successfully grown snow peas….with the intent to freeze them…but we’re eating them freshly picked…no will power to save them!!!

Comfrey rash is almost gone…last steriod today.

exhale.
michele/ivy

Marqueta, we’re getting a nice supply of beans. I’m grateful. I didn’t think they were going to do so well this year because quite a few would-be plants didn’t even sprout!

LadyM, thanks for your comment. I’m sure we would be healthier if we ate more vegetables and herbs, but in studying a bit about agriculture this week, I know we would not enjoy the “plenty” that we have now if we had it like they did back then. It’s all very interesting, what I’m reading about. I’ll definitely share more in a future post!

Oh, Diane, sounds exciting! I do hope we’ll get to see pictures! I plan to give you some follow-up on the rabbit trail.

Ken, my curiosity was definitely piqued after reading that. I am looking into it. I can say that what I read from Britannica is that prior to the scientific era of agriculture (which I’m gathering hit roughly around the mid 1800s) a family of six could produce barely enough food for themselves and four others, whereas after the application of agricultural technology as a science, one farmer could produce enough food for 100!

Of course, there’s much more to read. Many acts were introduced in the 1800s (including one by Abraham Lincoln) to grant land to colleges and states to study agriculture as a science. This thinking seemed to be going on in Europe and North America at the same time. As far as trade and exactly what people were eating and where, it’s a most interesting rabbit trail! I know people were sending plants from here to Europe in the 1700s and vice versa, and there were plants going to and from other countries and continents as well. Some did well. Some did not. I will definitely post a follow-up on this rabbit trail.

Lynn

and i very much liked you rabbit trail;)

your green beans look delicious

Mine have not started sprouting yet…maybe it has not been hot enough.

the info on the food is quite interesting…I agree with Marqueta, we will probably be much healthier!

Also, the platano plant, I have them growing all over my garden, but I had no idea they were edible. My husband doesn’t like them, but I think the leaves are quite nice and large. Thank you for posting about them.

Oh dear friend, so much to learn…

lady m

Oh, I’m glad you have lots of green beans! I’m not sure we’ll have many, since the buggies and cold weather have not been kind to them. That is an interesting fact about the food markets of Philadelphia; I find the history of food very fascinating, and wonder how well we’d do on turnips, beans, carrots, and cabbage? Probably a lot healthier!

Love,

Marqueta