How to Can Green Beans [100-YEAR-OLD Heirloom Bean Seed] Canning a Year's Worth of Food
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- How to can green beans with a pressure canner (the only safe way to can beans). I share how we grow my family's 100-year-old strain of heirloom Tarheel green pole beans and can enough of these green beans to take us through the entire year along with the seed for next year's planting. Learn how to raw pack green beans for a fast and safe canning recipe! Get the step-by-step written instructions and printable recipe here melissaknorris...
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Are you growing any heirloom seeds with a cool story? Are you pressure canning this year? I'd love to know your favorite thing to have on hand from pressure canned food and if you're just looking to learn, make sure you check out the above resources, I'd love to help you.
Melissa K. Norris - Modern Homesteading It may be a more advanced goal but I make a pretty tasty spaghetti sauce and salsa I’d like to eventually learn to can. 😊 Maybe I’ll start with asparagus though- our homestead has it growing wild! 🌱
@@DailyPay-Worldwide pickled asparagus is my favorite!! Here's my recipe ;) melissaknorris.com/best-pickled-asparagus-easy-canning-recipe/ and I've got a whole tomato canning section inside the Home Canning with Confidence, covering both sauce, salsa, and stewed tomatoes.
Ive been collecting and growing heirloom beans for quite a while. Back in the 90s I had purchased some large packs of seeds from the Vermont Bean Seed Company and put them away as a prepper type item and they had somehow gotten put way back in the corner of a storage room in my basement and completely forgotten about until about ten years later . By this time the company was no longer carrying these beans and was now selling very few varieties . One was from Switzerland , Berner Landfrauen and another was named Selma Zebrina. Was having trouble getting these to sprout and thought i'd just find them easily on the internet but wasnt finding them anywhere. I finally got some going and was able to save enough seeds to keep this heirloom viable.They are mostly rounded but with a bit of flattening , medium green with purple streaks. They look very much like the Rattlesnake variety but taste different, although Rattlesnake is also Very good. It appears that the Berner Landfrauen are starting to be availiable again here and there but mostly only from European seed companies.
A few years ago I was doing some trading of seeds on one of the seed trade sites and gota hold of some beans that the grower said was only found in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee against the Smoky Mountains . She called them Old Time German Beans. The are large pods that are almost like a cross with a Romano shape and they are mottled with purple with some being mostly purple. They have a cream colored seed.
I had also gotten a variety of Cornfield bean in trade that I was told could grow well in shaded ares. I have a thirty foot CB tower on the north side of my house and these beans will climb all the way up the tower and then another ten feet up the mast pole and out onto the BC antenna. Forty foot tall bean vines in a very shady area , loaded with beans all the way up ! I let the top ones always unharvested and use them as the seed crop for the next year. If I had a barn or some place where I could hang a net you could easily cover a whole two or three story wall completely with beans.
@@bobsblues9944 sounds you like have some awesome varieties! It's amazing how tall they'll get given the support.
Hi, Melissa Ive canned like 25 cans of blue lake bush beans this year and around 20 cans of tomatoes, gave alot to my sister and her daughter. She still cans for her family, we just cant forget our raising. Growing up in western n.c. we always raised hogs and some times a beef, squirrel and ground hogs, baked with spice wood. young lady it makes my heart so happy,, to see your videos, your family working so hard and makeing it.. GOD BLESS, YOU, AND YOUR FAMILY.
Melissa your the best canner on UA-cam
As a little girl in the Appalachian region of Eastern Kentucky, I remember sitting on the porch with my grandmother and great-grandmother stringing and snapping beans from the large garden that fed the family. I believe those pole beans you grow are known regionally as greasy beans and there are several varieties such as the one your family brought with them. In one of your videos I caught a quick glimpse of why I think yours are the greasy and that was the shiny skin. I've taken up growing them myself but had to contact a cousin to send me some family seed to where I live in Oregon. Yes, they are prolific growers! This year, I dried a big batch of them in the traditional Appalachian way using a needle and strong thread. Have you done this too? When they are cooked from dried they are called shucky beans or leather britches.
We have a pole bean that has been saved and grown near Jamestown,TN. For a very long time. It is large, has strings a BROWN seed and is delicious! The vines just seem to keep growing! The are called Butcher Knife! Not at all the same as case knife. I don't usually plant anything else. I do have an old, old variety of half runners, too. I usually alternate years on my beans.
I gave some seed to Bill Best, up in KY. I've never heard a word from him again.
I love planting, canning and EATING all our vegetables. Sometimes I can the green beans with a tasty broth, so I can make faster beans. I usually add quartered potatoes to the pot before I add my green beans. We like it that way. Glad to know we aren't the only ones doing this! Great video! GOD bless
That sounds like a really interesting bean Rita! It is so much fun to see other people doing this way of life and preserving these strains of seeds.
Mam you do such a great job canning, your kitchen is so neat and clean, Im a 62 year man , and love to can beans and mators, cant get the okra thing yet, maby you might have a video on canning okra, you do a great job lady and im so proud of you,, GOD BLESS you and your family. keep up the great work,,James frm north carolina
Thank you James, unfortunately we're too far north to grow okra here in Washington so I've never gotten to can it or eat it fresh (I know I'm missing out!). What's your favorite way to cook it fresh?
Ilike the cherokee purple tomato and half runner green beans always had those around all my life, i have too put alittle butter in them now , because of my heart problem, BUT its all good, ive lived to see another day,, JAMES@@MelissaKNorris
Oh my goodness, your story about your grandparents and the beans is so much like mine. I love that you shared that precious part of your gardening history.
When my grandfather came to North America, he brought bean seeds from either Italy, or Austria and we've always called them Grandpa's beans. They are deep green with purple stripes and I recently learned that people refer to them as Dragon Tongue beans. Like yours, they have a very different flavor than anything I've ever tasted and they produce so many beans that I'm always busy canning.
We have another shelled bean variety we call October beans that sounds super similar to yours! I love that they came that far, the history is just amazing
Thanks Melissa! I have seeds for a brown pole bean that’s been in my family for generations. My mom called them “cut shorts”, but she didn’t know what kind of bean it was. I was not able to raise a garden this year, but I did plant some of these green beans for seed. I want to make sure I don’t run out!
Thank you showing the double stack. I need to use pints instead of quarts since the kids are grown and flown.
We haven’t saved heritage beans but my father passed away in 1998 and he had given us or left in his garden watermelons I have been saving. I have been saving our okra seed the same way when we lived in our first house together we lived there for 25 years. And then we moved to our new home in 2002 and have continue to raise and save seeds. My mom and dad and all of our siblings worked in the garden we had a huge garden. That’s because we had a huge family. And we canned our vegetables out of that garden and they were delicious and so my husband and I have continued doing the same thing.And now we love seeing your flowers we save the seat off of them and planters a row of flowers in our garden and love it! And if you ever have any extra Tarhill beings I would love to be a recipient of them. Thank you
Oh how I wish I could find good Tarheel born and Tarheel bred yellow eye beans. So good. And how I miss the old folks from the mountains of Western North Carolina.
This was amazing! Thank you. I have been canning for over 30 years but I love watching and leaning new things!
I've been canning green beans like this for years, and yet I still sit and watch the whole thing because it's like a visit with a new neighbor. Well, you are just one county over, so I guess it is. My story probably isn't great, but I have been saving seed from a sport tomato plant that volunteered in my garden a few years back. The plant produces a yellow and red striped tomato shaped like a plum tomato but fatter at the midpoint like an Opalka. I have no idea what it is, as I never planted it originally, but since it looks so much like Opalka in size and shape I think that has to be one of the parent plants and possibly a Lillian's Heirloom yellow because they were planted biointensively together. Otherwise it was planted by a bird who ate a tomato seed elsewhere. It's hearty, too, grows long into cold weather in October, though not a hard frost, but up to one. I am always finding volunteers and never knowing what they are, but this was the only one I decided to save. I hope to be saving it for years to come and be something I can pass down to my kids and possible future grandkids. It is very tasty.
We didn't have the same heirloom beans that you used...but I did can an heirloom brand and used your method.... unbelievably awesome!!! Thank you for sharing your easy recipe. ❤
All I can say is AWESOME! LOVE the Story...the HISTORY of your Past Generations...BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!
Wow your beans sound amazing! That’s awesome you have seeds from generations back.
I'm binge watching your videos. New subscriber from another UA-camr (uuuugh drawing a blank on her name now. She's the one whose family was hit by a dd). Your videos are so great. I'm loving your recipes and canning ideas. Thank you for sharing!!
We like our beans here in Western NC. Greasy cut shorts is what I like.
@Black Pack homestead Christ and Marella Ogden I wonder if they're similar to our Tarheel beans, as they hail from NC Avery County
There are 2 kinds of greasy beans. One is a smaller bean than the other, both white and super tasty. Good chance for it is an old timey bean and becoming less known due to industrialization.
@@blackpackhomesteadchrisand7337 I find the heirloom varieties have better flavor on almost everything we plant. I"ll have to look up the Creasy beans, thank you for sharing
They are actually Greasy cut shorts not Creasy cut shorts. Sorry for the typo. Is the bean shiny compared to other beans?
Learning a lot from you.
Thank you Melissa!!
I would love to buy some of your heirloom green beans. I'm a new subber and excited to learn from you. I have seen others can and do things that you advise not to. I'm a disabled RN, and am new to canning, but I'm excited to be buying veggies and canning them for the winter months. I prefer no preservatives or additives, but we were away this summer and I could not grow a garden. Last year my first garden didn't produce well.
Hi @Irene Retired even if you're not growing them getting your produce and preserving it is still a great way to get ahead. Unfortunately a lot of people don't understand the reason or the safety on proper canning protocol, but good news, most are willing to learn when they realize WHY something is incorrect. Would love to have you in my free pressure canning series melissa-norris.mykajabi.com/pressurecanning
I'm so very glad I found this video since I'll be canning my green beans soon, and this will be the first time I will be double stacking using a 23 quart pressure canner. Thank you. I have subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for your quick response! BTW, hello from Sequim!! I'll ck the seals tomorrow. I thought I made sure not to tighten the lids too much 😟
Howdy from Skagit County! It can be hard the first few times but now you know not as tight as you were :)
Thanks for sharing Melissa. What a treat it would be to try your heirloom green beans. They sound amazing!
I LOVE the story of your tarheel green beans!!! (Also I’ve not forgotten about replying to your email!!)
Thank you again for a entertaining and informative video. Love the story on the 5 generation heirloom seeds, it is awesome that you are continuing and sharing the history. Due to my dynamic I only can meat. Mainly pot roast. I will try and get fresh beans and can them again to see if I like them. THANKS.
Thank You Melissa for showing me how to can. I so appreciate your sharing your expertise. I remember helping my family can tomatoes every year, but you're right, especially in California where land it at a premium, no one grows and cans their own produce. I have returned to my roots and have begun gardening my small property, growing more each year. I will begin canning next year, as a bout of cancer interrupted this year's plans. I want to join your group, but cannot afford to at this time. So all these videos are very helpful to me. Question: what is your faborite variety of Snow Peas? and How do you put them up? I've been told freezing is the best way. Is that what you recommend? Thank you for your time and expertise.
Hi everyone! I am still learning about gardening, I’m worrying what makes the seeds heirloom? I heard many people talks about heirloom tomatoes and thought it was just a name for one tomatoes kind.
Thanks guy!! Happy gardening ☀️
What makes a seed heirloom is the variety has been around for usually 50 years and more importantly, that it's open-pollinated and comes back true to form.
that looks super simple! i always thought it was way more complicated than that.... now i am gonna have to get my canning on!
Great videos! What is the white powder you use before filling the jar with hot water?
Oh Melissa! Do you sell these beans anywhere? Or if not, will you? 😂. I would love to get my hands on some and try them. I grew 13 varieties of beans this year. But would love to try those because of the way you described them!!!
Great 👍 video, thanks.👍
Thanks for another awesome video.YOU ROCK!!!
I love this video and story! Thank you so much for sharing a little bit of your heritage! Do you ever sell those beans?
I don't sell them but they are a bonus in the spring for members of my Pioneering Today Academy
@@MelissaKNorris is that the thing where you teach the sourdough starter program? If so, I'm part of that.
@@AiT8Keys1 no, it's my membership program that covers gardening, home food Preservation, seed saving and natural herbal medicine along with traditional cooking.
We would love you to share the seed ? I’d buy some for sure ♥️ beautiful video thank you
I have a small garden and we grow a lot of green beans. I have to agree with the other folks about the 5 generation seed I think that is so awesome. Kinda wondering if you have any pictures that date all the way back to the first generation
I have some pics of my grandparents (none with them in the garden) and my great-grandma, but they didn't take many photos back then so I don't have any of them with the beans.
You might want to put bungee cords across the front of each shelf to secure the bottles better in case of an earthquake.
TY 😊
I pick our beans young & tender and preserve them in salt, they last us through the winter months, I’ve recently been told that they’re really bad for us done this way but canning in the U.K. doesn’t appear to be that popular, I wouldn’t mind trying it though
Are you still giving these beans to members? I’m trying to learn to can beans from the video since I was given a whole load of them by someone at work. And I love your story about them. I would love to spread them to a wider area to keep the heirloom beans alive.
I know you probably get a lot of requests but is there anyway I could get some from you. I am a gardener in the Deep South and I love the old ways
This was great! I have a big bowl of green and purple beans to do something with and was too scared to try pressure canning (very new to it). I think I'm going to go for it! I'm assuming I can mix the 2 different beans together? Please let me know if I'm right (or wrong). Thanks! Would love to see more videos like this (both pressure canning and just putting up food). Also would be very interesting it getting some of those beans if you ever decide to grow enough to share with people - maybe another video showing us how to save the seeds.
Hi @Tiffany Krievans as long as they're a fresh eating bean then yes, you can mix yellow with green, etc. When the beans get closer to seed saving I'll try and to do a video. I think you'd really enjoy this free pressure canning video series I have here melissa-norris.mykajabi.com/pressurecanning
Hi Melissa, I bought Tar Hill Bean seeds this year (2021) I love them and now I am having trouble finding seed. I plan to save seeds but hoping for a backup. Please!!!!! let me know if seeds are available. All the suppliers say, "sold out."
A good video
Yay!
I love learning from you! Have you considered selling your seed? I'd love to grow some!
Hi I'm looking for the link to the free canning classes. Can you repost it please?
Also, I love your videos. I'm learning much! Thank you for all your hard work and efforts. It is appreciated.
melissaknorris.lpages.co/evergreen-canning-webinar-opt-in/
@@MelissaKNorris Thank you.
Your voice during the voice over sounded different and beautiful! I loved it. In spring will you post about your beans so we can buy some? That is if they can grown in zone 3..... I'm in Alaska. Thanks!
Thank you, I was recording it when my kids were still sleeping in early morning and I didn't want to wake them. For the beans I will share about being able to join the Pioneering Today Academy and that's where I give the bean seed as a bonus when joining, unfortunately with our state laws and regulations on selling garden seed, I'm not able to do so outright. And yes, they should grow in zone 3 but you might have to start them under a cold frame, they need about 60 days before they produce.
What a wonderful video! Do you think these would do well in zone 8a? I grew up with grandparents who dried their beans on a hill side or strung up in the cellar. Have you ever dried these or always canned.
I've done dried leather britches but we prefer the texture of canned the best. Yes, they should grow just fine in zone 8a
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I have pressure can green beans this way and they lasted 5 -6 years in the jar.
Do you sell these bean seeds? My kids don’t love beans, I do. I am hoping these beans may tip the scale for them. I am starting canning and preserving and want to teach my kiddos.
At frame 5.11, you add something to the jar. WHAT IS IT?? We are learning.
I enjoyed this video so much!! ☺️
A few quick questions (from a total newbie to canning here)...
Can you double-stack 9 jars over 9?
Do you label your jars with a date?
We have a family of 7- do you recommend using pint or quart jars?
Thank you!!!
Yes, if using regular mouth (not wide mouth) you can fit 18 pints in with 9 on top and 9 on bottom. I rotate through my green beans (I have a front pantry that last years is in and won't move up this years until I go through them) so I don't usually mark the year on the green beans as I know how many we use in a year. I will date some of the other items we don't use as frequently. For a family of 7 you'll want to do quarts I think. A pint is only 2 cups and a quart is 4 cups.
Melissa K. Norris - Modern Homesteading Awesome! Thank you so much!! After I posted my question I watched your pantry tour- wonderful ways to maximize space. Thanks again! ☺️
Do you all sell airlooms seeds ? I am looking for some.
I’m a new by.
20 minutes PER pint?
4 hours cook time??
How long does it usually take to cool down to open the canner?
Can I use the pressure canner with a different line to also water bath can?
Thank you!
Hi Melissa! You seem to really know your stuff, I've learned a lot already, thank you. 2 Questions: can I can tomatoes that I roasted the night before and we're refrigerated then warmed to room temperature? #2 can I use tomatoes that were roasted with a pan lined with olive oil?
Hi Jean, yes, you may can tomatoes that you roasted the night before as long as they're brought back to the correct temperature for canning (I don't know if you're planning on doing tomato sauce in which case you'd be simmering them down, this is my video on canning tomato sauce ua-cam.com/video/or_YwwmSPEg/v-deo.html ) or if you're doing a raw pack tomato method than room temperature is fine. As for canning them when they've been roasted with olive oil, the answer is no. Olive oil is a fat and a non-acidic ingredient so it's not advised to can products that have been cooked in it.
Ok, thank you so much! I am new to canning. I canned for the first time the other day...beans of course!
I wonna see u in them shorts one more time
I can't find your link where I can buy seed beans from your favorite, family beans!
Hi Melissa, I purchased your book and it has been a great guide, thanks for writing it.
Have you ever used reusable canning lids/gaskets? If so, what are your thoughts about them? I have really canned a lot more in 2023 than any other year, and I can't help thinking about all these single use lids. Which, I have found out, are not recycleable.
I reuse them for non canning, so for dehydrated foods, freeze dried or left overs
@@MelissaKNorris Ah, gotcha. So you have never tried Tattler brand or other reusable lids/rubber gaskets?
@@RawMilkLover yes but have found they always have a lower seal rate (there's a podcast episode on my channel where I go indepth on this)
Ok great, I will check it out!
Did you mention somewhere that jars don’t need to be sterilized if you are pressure canning beans? And what about the lids. It looked like you just took them out of the box & used them without washing or simmering in hot water. Thank you!
@Niecie Yukiye if you're canning for 10 minutes or longer you don't need to sterilize your jars. It was about 5 or 6 years ago they changed the lids and you don't heat them up before using. I just use mine straight out of the box or sleeve (I buy them in bulk now in sleeves of 200+)
I have a ton of this bean that was passed down. Is this a good bean to freeze? We to live in the Appalachian foothills of NC, so I am pretty certain these are the same.
I just bought my first pressure canner, I am very cautiously learning as much as I can, and u say so u don't have a pressure canner blow up... Really?? They can really blow up? How likely is that to happen?
It's not very likely but more importantly it's completely avoidable with just a few basic steps and understanding of how it operates. I go through this step by step in my free pressure canning video series. If you're a first time pressure canner I highly recommend you go through it here --> melissaknorris.com/pressurecanning
Do you have videos on water bath canning? Is it a less safe method than using a pressure canner?
You can only water bath acidic foods, I have a safety video explaining it in this series melissaknorris.com/pressurecanning
I love raw packing! I have a problem though with oxidation. Any suggestions?
How would I purchase these seeds? Love your videos 🙏❤
How do I get some of your family’s heirloom seeds. I would love to try them
How do you actually prepare the canned foods though?
I would like to have some of those bean seeds. Is there somewhere I can buy them?
I love this! I had never thought to shell a few beans to add into each jar! I wonder if it is as good using other beans as it is with your Tarheel beans??
One question- I noticed you don't label your jars. I was taught to label everything, at least with the year, so I was sure to use the old before the new. Do you ever do this with your home canned goods?
I don't generally label because my storage/rotation system keeps us using the old first
Hi Melissa,
I have a question:
I have a similar stove like yours and was canning fresh pinto beans today and the coil on my electric stove top started acting up.
I have ordered a specific coil for canning but just wondering if you have ever had that problem?
Thank you
Cathy
Have you ever fermented green beans? Would you agree that this would be not only safer, but retain most if not all of the nutrients in the bean?
No, not safer, as long as you follow the tested times and use a pressure canner then it's very safe and actually pressure canning still retains a lot of the nutrients and green beans aren't something you should comsume a large amount of raw. Fermenting is great but I don't want the flavor of fermented green beans in my soups and other dishes, only as a condiment. I don't have the cold storage space for over 50 jars of fermented beans either.
I also live in the PNW and in zone 6, can I still plant pole beans for October? Or maybe I need to stick to bush beans?
Just wonder how they taste like. Do they taste like just boild fresh beans? Never try canned beans before. But I'm interested in preserving food for my family, wonder if we would like them canned
They taste the same to me as simmered cooked fresh beans. Obviously we love them, lol
I love them, they taste the same as fresh cooked to me :)
How many square feet of garden space do you have dedicated to the beans?? The GF and I are limited in the area we have and grow in three 5X3 raised beds.. one of which is beans only..So far we have been "bush" beaning but can't get much more than a couple meals a week.. and would happily switch over if you have a small "foot print" with your pole beans
Hey @Kevin Rehberg pole beans generally put off a LOT more produce than a bush bean and are a great candidate for smaller foot prints. On one bean teepee (I have a video here of making the teepees ua-cam.com/video/ZtIC5jGrxek/v-deo.html ) I get about 16 plants, 4 around each post, including the center one.
Any way to buy some of these seeds? Love the story. Shalom from Eastern NC
Can you tell me how many bean plants you plant for your family. We also have a family of four pretty much bc the little is a baby. Thanks!
Between 40 to 50
How can I get a few of the TarvHeel heirloom green bean seeds?
So I’m a little nervous. I just canned some beans according to your instructions. However, several of the lids are “buckled”. Why would that happen? They are not brand name lids but they are brand new. I’m so upset after my hard work. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about let me know how I can send u a pic. Also, as they cool and make that “sound” they go flat and look normal. It’s not the normal ping sound, it’s more of a loud clunk. Are they safe to consume? I will wait till tomorrow to check the seal and get back to you.
@Niece Yukiye, if the lids are buckled it's because you tightened the bands too tight, they should just be tightened to finger tip tight, meaning with your finger tips screw them down and don't over twist the threads, stop once you feel resistance. The lids should be evenly flat once sealed, no buckling or creasing. If they're buckled you can either reprocess or move to the fridge to eat right away. If they're sealed correctly (no buckling) then they should be fine. I don't know what yours look like so I can't say for sure if they're fine or not.
Don’t you put vinegar in your water to reduce calcium build up?
I don't have that issue so no, I don't, but if your water has high mineral content you can
Where can I buy the seeds? Will you sell them to me?
Now I have a third question! Can I can beans that were previously frozen? My freezer is full of beans and now there is no room for anything else!
Safety wise, technically yes, but they're going to be VERY soft from being frozen, thawed, and then canned, so you may not like how mushy they are.
Ok! Thank you for sparing me from mushy beans! I will be canning them next year, now that I'm not scared any more 😉. I know you have a fantastic family heirloom. Do you grow any other varieties? To thank you I will share that I grew Purple Podded bean and it was very prolific, stringless, meaty, delicious and easy to find the beans!
do you ever sell the seeds?
Would you sale me some if your seed? Been a are the only thing I have that are GMO
I think you mentioned before that you have well water and don't have to worry about calcium build up. But I have city water and it's really hard. Can I use a little vinegar in the canner to reduce the build up?
@Tami Williams yes, you can use up to 1/2 cup of vinegar in the water inside the canner to help reduce the calcium deposits and hard water stains. Though when canning tomatoes you'll not need it, they always turn my pressure cannner insides to silver again 😉
@@MelissaKNorris Thank you! interesting about the tomatoes. any ideas why?
@@branrufarm it's the acid 😊
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Can you still use a hot water bath to seal the beans. I’ve just stated my garden and
am planing for my growing season next year. : )
Yes
So do you sell any seeds?
Wow your eyes are beautiful
Hi! Did you use hot water and was that salt you put in there ? Thank you !
Yes there's written instructions on my website too
Thank you! First time lol wish me luck!
Where do we Get those bean seeds?
@Cricket Beason I talk about it in the video but the short answer is it's a bonus to members of the Pioneering Today Academy, we only open for enrollment a few times a year but this is the Academy page where you can get on the wait list. I'm out of the bean seed until this fall. melissaknorris.com/pioneering-today-academy-2/
Pressure canning scares me. For me, if it needs to be pressure canned, I prefer to freeze. So, I will be freezing my pole beans, which really are not doing too well this year. Likewise, peas, kidney beans and chick peas are frozen as well.
@Linda Hudson I'd love to walk you through pressure canning to help you get past the fear. It could NEVER fit all our produce in the freezer, even with a chest freezer, and with our frequent winter power outages, I'm always relieved I don't have to worry about the foods in the jar. I think you'd really enjoy this free series on pressure canning melissa-norris.mykajabi.com/pressurecanning
Is a pressure canner the same thing as a normal pressure cooker?
No, pressure canners have weights for 5, 10, and 15 lbs based upon what you're canning and your elevation. Pressure cookers don't have a way to select specific pounds
@@MelissaKNorris thank you for the clarification.
Do you sell any of your seeds?
Hi how can I get some of those heirloom seeds?
can we buy these beans?
Are you selling them, we would like some?
As they say if it ain't broke don't fix it
Do you sell those heirloom green bean seeds or know where I can purchase them?
No, with the laws in our state I can't sell them without going through a lot of lab and certification BUT I do offer them as a free bonus in the spring to members of the Pioneering Today Academy with our seed saving ecourse. You can check out more info on the Academy here melissaknorris.com/pioneering-today-academy-2/ Are you pressure canning this year or growing any heirloom seeds?
You can buy them here: www.wrightsheirlooms.com/
do you ever sell your heirloom seeds
Growing up my mother would can at least 200 jars of green beans. (I am the youngest of 8). I won't eat commercial canned green beans