Green Beans, Patty Pan Squash and Rotini Pasta

Green beans and patty pan squash might seem like an unlikely combination but they are great when combined with pasta.

Here is the recipe...

How to Freeze French Fillet Green Beans

There is nothing more delicious than freshly frozen green beans on a frosty winter day (except maybe the fresh ones). I especially like the french fillet bean variety we use, which are long, pencil thin and never have any strings.

This post is about how to freeze these delicious morsels. It is really quite easy.

What seeds can I plant for a fall garden?

Along about the first of July the garden centers box up all their remaining seeds and send them back to the seed companies. But you know as a educated and well informed gardener that the season is far from over. In fact some of the best vegetables come from the fall garden.

I just got my fall seed order from Johnny's seeds in Maine. Let's talk about what you can plant from seed that will thrive in the fall.  Here is my top 10 list.

Green Beans

Green beans in Minnesota on October 1st. It is an anomaly that I have not seen in a long time. We are starting our second new row of tender young beans in two weeks. Wow they are great. We took two bushel to market last week and sold them all. I suppose that other folks may not have planted beans for this late in the season so the supply may be getting short.

I didn't really plan on picking beans this late and planted them mainly for soil building. But it is very cool to have the extra late crop.

Green Beans

We just started our second row of frenh filet beans in two weeks. They don't grow very fast with the short days of fall. So I usually plant several rows very close together in time. Then when they grow back for the second picking it takes a couple of weeks instead of a few days.

I usually plant some extra beans at the end of the season for soil building purposes. But this year they have been blooming and will produce beans.

We have had 3-4 weeks more growing season this year than we usually do. It is amazing to still have all the crops at the start of October.