I wanted to show you how I grew Pinto Beans from a pack of dry beans that I purchased from the store. Hopefully this can inspire you to try it out yourself if you never have! Let’s grow together! Website: www.eatthecanvas.com/
my grandfather lived in the desert in mexico basically survived on growing pinto beans and raising chickens for eggs and meat ,, he would trade for flour as well , but that was it and he lived to be in his 90's ... my father always told me that his dad always told him pinto beans or really most any similar beans were a type of super food that if need be will keep one alive on it and it alone ,, ''beans and water'' he would say
I absolutely agree with this. Beans should be considered more of a super food but sadly they are not by many. Pinto beans and the like can store for years, and is a good source of protein, fiber and minerals. It will definitely keep you alive
@@new_frontiersman9064 I suppose that could be an option but if you produce a lot of beans that could take up a lot of space and canning jars verses using oxygen absorbers and a Mylar bags in 5 gallon buckets. But depending on your situation and future use of those items, either works and cans are great if just using smaller portions at a time
@@new_frontiersman9064 Dried beans in a 5 gallon bucket are better IMO in terms of longevity. Larger volumes seems to equalize any residual moisture better. I have a freeze drier so I actually cook my beans and make a complete meal, then freeze dry it and put it in bags to make instant just add water meals. Freeze driers are expensive but if you are serious about gardening or you cook your own meals a lot, its an invaluable tool.
As a bonus, you can eat the leaves of bean plants and sweet potatoes. Pick just one or two from each plant so you don't slow the growth, but you can get lots of leaves from a bed of plants. Steam them like spinach, eat them raw in a salad, dehydrate them and make them into green powder to add to smoothies and sauces for extra nutrition.
I sprouted a couple pinto beans with my granddaughter as a science project and they grew so well that I’ve now planted them in good soil and they’re growing really well on my patio, which has inspired me to grow several types of other vegetables. I’m now growing some tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, carrots and lavender. Everything is in very early stages but I love it and can’t wait to harvest!
Love it. You are right, people are disconnected from their food. If I may suggest, don't add nitrogen. Beans produce their own nitrogen. If you supply the plant nitrogen, it won't develop that much beans, it would focus more on leaves. I love planting beans. You can put it in almost any soil, it grows. When you remove the plant, cut it at the base The roots have all the nitrogen saved, it would become great worm food and feed a different plant with the stored nitrogen. Thanks for this video bud. Great job.
Beans only add nitrogen to the soil if you chop and drop without harvesting. This is because most of the nitrogen produced is fixed in the bean. Small amounts is fixed by soil borne bacteria but not much. Don't add nitrogen to beans as you said, however don't expect legumes to restore depleted soil. Truth be told though, it takes years to actually deplete soil and a lot of it is instantly restored when you add homemade fertilizer like kitchen scrap liquid, so really no one will see a difference either way on the home scale.
This is my first year planting any sort of beans, I’m so excited to harvest. I just love gardening! It makes me feel more connected to God. He has made such a simple and beautiful process for us to enjoy with our own eyes. How one bean can grow into many! Or a tiny tomato seed turning into a sprawling vine full of fruit, with some water and some time. ❤
All of it is definitely a beautiful design and it still amazes me all the time. I can plant 1 seed and in turn get back hundreds or even thousands of seeds. They were made to produce abundantly.
God created man to tend the garden and shepherd his creatures. It is our telose. I hope your first year went well. I'm sure you'll learn just as much this second year
I'm just sitting here watching bean harvesting videos patiently waiting for my own plants to reach harvest. There's something so satisfying about seeing your hand in that bowl of beans. Well done!
Awesome. Thank you my 6 yo. planted beans in a plastic bag in Sunday school and now we are off to plant them outside. They are already about 2-3 inches, I hope we didn't wait to long. Thank you for the info and inspiration.
Love this I am saving seeds from everything I eat that has them and they are growing. I just looked at my package of pinto beans and said time to grow some of them. thank you for your video.
Take a milk jug or a water jug cut the bottom off, push it down in the ground a little bit over your seed it'll be like a little Greenhouse. plant gets big enough and you can pull the jug up. They do have solar powered smaller-sized electrical fences now too.
Thanks for the great tutorial and inspiration. I'm planning to cook some pinto beans tomorrow. Now I'm gonna keep some to plant in my vegetable garden.
Hi Cynthia! Yes, let me know how it goes! I feel like majority of the store bought pinto beans are vining varieties so if you have something it can climb up that would be great.
Hello from Melbourne, Australia. Good to watch this as I just bought fresh Pinto beans from a green grocer. I got at least 3 times as many as I would if bought the beans from a seed shop. It was good to see how high they grow. When I see a special or unusual vegetable I want to grow, I buy it, say a white capsicum (bell pepper), purple potatoes, New Zealand Yams, specialty tomatoes and it’s great to see what they will look like. So many people throw outs seeds like pumpkin seeds that can also be roasted and others that can be regrown from the base. Vegetables really are the “GIFT” that keeps on giving.
You did great with this and along the way you brought up very good points. People are so disconnected from their food that they have no idea about how to go about it anymore. I subscribed to you and will be following your progress. Welcome to RU-vid.
I'm germinating a variety of store bought dried beans now. The plan is to grow them with corn and sunflowers so they can climb up the stem of the larger plant
I suddenly got an urge to get into gardening and started looking at video on how to grow my own food ❤️ I loved your video and will be subbing, God bless 🙏🏻
I've been thinking this for years! All though I have experimented with 🍅 and 🌶️ seeds, I let people talk me out of other things.. no one could give me a good reason why I needed to buy seeds.... thank you! Love your cinder block idea!
There are seeds all around us lol and if there was ever a time we couldn’t access buying seeds, but we could still get tomatoes, peppers, beans, lemons and others from the store, well…we have our seeds. Sure I buy seeds for the sake of variety and aim to go the less intentionally genetically modified route, but if I just wanted to produce food without it, I could and we all can. I just bought cut mint from the store and stuck some of the stems in water. They now have roots and I will be planted them in pots soon.
Hey there 👋🏼 I just found your channel and am really enjoying it. Thanks for teaching people that we’re surrounded by potential garden seed every time we go to the store.
Thank you for a great and 'simple' video on how to paint our own canvases. By the way, your presentation somehow reminded me of the late, great, Bob Ross.
I do remember when my grandson was learning to count; we used beans...later planted one and watched it grow. It late died and that was the end of our project 🙄😏Now I am container gardening and I want to try the bean one more time. Thanks for the reminder 😃❤️❤️❤️
Great video! You might like to try cooking some of your beans that haven’t dried yet. They are delicious when simmered in salt water. The texture is awesome plus they cook up in a short amount of time.
every year i grow multiple crops of multiple kinds of beans -- ALL of which are grown from dry bean seeds bought at the grocery store . MUNG beans and BLACK EYED beans grow easily and wonderfully . PINTO beans do ok too . ALWAYS buy dry bean seeds at your grovery store ! PLANT them , instead of cooking them .
Great advice, thank you. I dont cut my vines off at the top, if you leave them they grow even longer and wind back round going down the stick , then cut them off. As long as you feed them well you will grow even more beans
Interesting...in cinder blocks...with trellis, certainly increases the harvest. I tried this heavily seeded & crammed in allowing for pests & varmits; better your way.
Ohhh I see. Yea I was just trying to maximize my growth and considered using the cinderblocks since they were already there. Currently I have them growing up old fencing that I found planted about 3 inches apart
Wow very inspiring. I've tried planting various seeds in grow bags, however the squirrels won't let me be great and always dig up the seeds and starter plants. I got discouraged after a couple re-attempts but I still want to grow some things for myself.
Solid video. I am expanding my bean repertoire this year (zone 6b, Cleveland Ohio) and was researching pinto beans to see if they vine or bush. It's our main source of protein and i usually grow heirlooms that I''ve saved but and going to try some store boughten types this year. Also, what zone are you in?
I live in Central Florida and planted pinto beans from the grocery early in June, when the rain became more frequent. The plants are beautiful with a lot of flowers, but NO beans! I have a bell pepper plant that is increasing in it's fruit bearing, so it's not a lack of pollinators. When it doesn't rain, I water it. I have added banana peel to feed the plants. My only thought as to why I'm not getting any beans is that these may be GMO , therefore sterile. I'd appreciate any/all suggestions!
Apologies for my delayed response! After the shell on the bean gets that papery dry feel, honestly they should be good then and I have put some straight in the ground like that with success. Normally I bring them inside and put them on the counter for a few days and then plant them out. If I am saving them, I might leave them on the counter for 2-3 weeks before I store them just to be safe to make sure all the moisture is out of them
I pick them when yellow and beans are swollen inside pods...before they start drying. Shuck them and fill qt. ziplock freezer bags and freeze. Taste is smooth and creamy, totally different from dried beans.
Hey and I got those organic Pinto Beans from a big chain grocery store called Publix. I was just seeing if they would grow and now I have a whole jar of them from what grew that I dried and will plant again later or eat. Thank you for watching!
This inspired me so much! I’m definitely going to try it! Any suggestions regarding time of year to plant them or how much sun they need? I’m in a climate that has all 4 seasons.
Sheesh forgive my lateness lol. I am glad to hear that! I think anytime where you have a good 3 months of warm non freezing weather you should be good. Mine were in direct sunlight majority of the day or atleast until about 3pm and that was good enough for them
I can’t remember for those but I live in south Florida so I am able to plant them at any time. As long as they have a good 3ish months of no frost they should grow well!
