Green Beans

   One of the first vegetables we get around here is the green beans, and this year has been very good. We planted them at different times to make sure we didn't get them all at once, and we also used them as fillers around the garden when other plants didn't take. So far we have picked about half the plants, and even after giving some away and eating them fresh we still had a lot left. We ended up blanching them and then put them in the  freezer.



   How we blanched them is first  put them in the sink to wash them and then snap off the ends. Then we brought a pot of water to a boil and put in a strainer full of green beans in the water for about three minutes. After the three minutes, we put them in the sink that had cold water and ice cubes in it to cool off for about three minutes also. Once done we put them on some dish towels to dry off before putting them in some zip lock bags. So far our freezer has five gallon size zip lock bags full of green beans in it, and more to come.