The green Romano beans I eat could become the dried Romano beans I would soak, if I let them mature.
Good luck!
These are either Kentucky Wonder or Blue Lake, and they’re definitely supposed to be harvested weeks earlier.
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The experiment was a success. I made “beans & greens” with the elderly Kentucky Wonders (or Blue Lakes, I can’t remember what I planted). And lo, they were indistinguishable from your basic white bean, which is to say they did fine in this dish. I am thrilled to not waste food.
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Wonderful!
I think they look like Kentucky Wonder, which look flat in some pictures I’ve seen. Blue Lakes are more rounded.
One source said older Kentucky Wonder beans are flat.
Yesterday we went to a nearby native plant nursery and bought new huckleberry plants.
We’ve been growing Evergreen huckleberries (vaccinium ovatum), but never been happy with the tight clusters of very small berries (a PITA to harvest).
To replace them, we purchased Cascade huckleberries (vaccinium deliciosum) and Mountain huckleberries (vaccinium membranaceum) . The former is one we’ve spotted before hiking on Mt. Rainier, and the latter is a popular berry in the Gifford Pinchot Forest area
Our memories of mountain huckleberry picking is that size and color-wise they’ve been very similar to blueberries. We’re hoping to replicate that in our backyard with these new-to-us varieties. We’ll know in about 4 years! 
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Friday’s pickings.
Today, Saturday, Sept 7, 2024, was our first chilly day in southwestern Ontario. 13⁰ Celsius/ 55.4 ⁰ Fahrenheit. Yesterday was probably my last big harvest day. I’ll be picking a few more lbs of green beans before the frost in Oct.
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Green bean envy! Ours ended several weeks ago, and although stored in green bags in the crisper drawer of our fridge, we couldn’t eat them all before they turned. I did manage to pickle 6 pints, however, so we’ll enjoy those this winter.
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I had one bag in the crisper that I didn’t deal with last week, and that bag went into the compost today. 
I’m trying to train myself to accept the fact that if we are going to grow enough for us to eat, we will undoubtedly grow more than we can eat. Am trying to give away the surplus, but that’s not always the case…
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I give away a lot, we eat a lot, and the compost helps the next garden. I don’t have any regrets if it goes in the compost or if the wildlife enjoys what I grow.
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I decided to plant another packet of Tuscan kale yesterday, to see what happens. I had some kale overwinter last year.
Does anyone from Zone 5 try to overwinter their peppers by putting them into pots before the frost? Do they go dormant? I was success overwintering my fig tree in the garage. I bring my small lemon tree and bay leaf inside into room temp during the winter, treating them like house plants.
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I’m growing a shishito pepper this year for the first time. I am amazed at the number of tiny little peppers it has produced. I only hope they grow up before the rains come.
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Awesome! How would you describe them?
We have that same peeler/corer! We’ve used it maybe twice.
Sweet, with the quintessential flavor and aroma of “green apples”. It’s my favorite drying apple.
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Ha! That peeler is a god-send. I use it for prepping apples for the dryer, for applesauce, and any time I make an apple pie. I’m always amazed that in over 150 years there have been very few improvements to the technology.
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