Comments on: mastering the art of 2012 http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mastering-the-art-of-2012 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: tigress http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2452 tigress Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:07:12 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2452 everyone – i am lovin' the bean love! this past summer i tried a whole bunch of them – the three that worked the best for me were:

tiger's eye bush bean – territorial seed co. #bno73/p

etna bush bean – territorial seed co. #bn045/p

jacob's cattle (trout) bush bean – southern exposure seed exchange #13402

and the one pictured above is:

yin yang bush bean – territorial seed co. #bn065/p
they are gorgeous, but the yield was about 1/3rd of the three listed above, so i am not sure i will grow them again next year.

thanks for all of the kind words on the upcoming new site. and i love that we have some wanna-be bread bakers in the houze too!

on freezing sourdough starter – yes i had heard that, and since mine was tucked in the back of the fridge not freezer i wasn't sure if he was still alive – but yay, he survived!

stay tuned all.

]]> By: SarahBHood http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2451 SarahBHood Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:32:33 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2451 Hmm. I have a little jar of beans from my garden,but couldn't possibly expand in my little plot. The beans grew so big last year they uprooted their own support stakes and simply carried them away.

I've also been gathering steam for a bash at breadmaking. I haven't plunged into the yeast quite yet, but…

I look forward to hearing more from you, oh intrepid Tigress! Happy 2012!

]]> By: Renee http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2450 Renee Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:02:59 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2450 Can't wait to see what you have in store for us! Especially interested in the growing your own beans thing…I love me my beans too!

]]> By: Two by the Sea http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2449 Two by the Sea Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:15:58 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2449 Beans have come along way since I was able to grow them. Used to grow flageolets, Santa Maria pinquitos, plus cranberry. Now the heirloom catalogs are loaded! Fun times ahead.
p.s. I do freeze yeast and it has lasted at least 8 years. I keep thinking it won't start but it just wakes up and goes.

]]> By: Janie http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2448 Janie Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:02 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2448 Exciting about joining the two sites..I look forward to it..

Funny thing about yeast…it is amazing! (and did you know you can freeze it for ever use! Freeze it in little packs about the size you want to use..amazing stuff!)

Looking forward t your adventures..

]]> By: Anonymous http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2447 Anonymous Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:22:08 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2447 i'm excited!! i love me some tigress.
~erica @ gawkylu.com

]]> By: betsyohs http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2446 betsyohs Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:59:28 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2446 de-lurking to say that I very much enjoy your site, and I would love to know what kinds of beans you grew. I've been dreaming about doing the same, and I think I live up the road from your summer home (and probably your garden?) – in the Berkshires. Knowing what kinds grew well for you would be a good place to start!

]]> By: ValHalla http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2445 ValHalla Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:09:49 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2445 aw girl, you've been to SC!
Yes, I'm a beanatic. I went with the plain old black-eyed peas and then discovered the marvelous diversity of field peas–next seed order, I guess. My limas were supposed to be "semi-bush" but then they grew all up into my tomatoes. Those spotted beans are gorgeous.

]]> By: tigress http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2444 tigress Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:05:52 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2444 valhalla – i had to look up hoppin' johns. i had no idea what it was (damn yankee)!

i am so glad that you are also roaring about beans! isn't it so fun to eat your very own? last year i grew only bush beans so i did not have to deal with trellising and it worked out so well i am planning the same for this year – only many more of them.

]]> By: ValHalla http://hungrytigress.com/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2443 ValHalla Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:50:02 +0000 http://hungrytigress.com/testground/moved/wordpress/2012/01/mastering-the-art-of-2012/#comment-2443 Yay for beans! After my first dabble with lima beans I was hooked, and last week I enjoyed hoppin' johns with my own black eyed peas. The challenge for me this summer will be building adequate trellises to get even better productivity. I look forward to seeing what varieties you grow.

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