How to Ferment Green Beans 

You actually made my heart ache watching you and your children work the garden together, the children playing on the farm. On our previous farm over three decades ago in Mena, Ark. I would spread a freshly washed and sun dried sheet on the parlor carpet, empty the 5 gallon or more bucket of green beans in the middle, give each of my children a big bowl and we'd wipe off the beans with our hands, snap off the stem end only then snap. From there we put the beans in cold fresh water. Then I canned them. I canned so many dozens of green beans. Actually canned over 2,000 quarts of every possible food each year for my large family😁. They are all grown now with adult children of their own now. I so miss those precious days with my babes...💞 Precious memories. I am only recently begun learning fermentation. It's an exciting new avenue of food preservation for me now that I am alone on my Indiana farm home 😄 Thank you for sharing your life 😄. Brook 🙋🍏🍎

Your family and garden are so beautiful! And thank you for the informative and helpful video. I am going to make my fermented green beans today 😊

Three days in. Maybe I'll give a taste tomorrow. I think you said wait 5-7 days. Great videos. Thank you.

LOVE fermented veggies. I also have the glass weights and they are in regular use. Since it is just me, I usually start my next ferment when I put the previous one in the fridge. I eat it so quickly I don't have to worry about space.

Can't wait for the bean harvest to try this! Thanks! Spring is soon around the corner :)

Just discovered you today and watched two videos thanks for the great lessons. Looking forward to seeing more!

Thank you, glad i found this recipe xx

These look good! I used to can dill beans but I've gotten interested in fermenting so I need to try these.

First time sub. I don't know that I ever saw this method of green bean preservation. I'm guessing it's very much like pickles with the dill included. Sweet little guy eating green beans out of the jar. I need to try this this summer. Thank you for sharing.🙂

Thanks that was very helpful.

This is my first time trying a lacto ferment (of some wild turnip seeds, which are similar to green beans). A lot of what I've been reading adds salt by the 2%-of-weight rule, but a standard ratio of salt to water (as in her formula of 1 tablespoon salt to 2 cups water) seems much more sensible and simple. Thanks for the info--it will make it easier not to have to weigh and calculate things.

I love making pickles this way, I haven't tired beans yet! My problem is room to store them all when they are done. Our larder didn't end up being as cold as we had hoped so we are looking for a new place. We stored last years under the house but I don't know that it was cool enough. We have yet to see what we have left down there. I made pickled sour kraut with grated cucumbers today that were too soft for crunchy pickles. Your kids are adorable! And such cheerful helps. Love how the older one was roping the cow :) #wyominglife Makes me think of my hubby.

Here's a printable recipe for how to ferment green beans! www.theprairiehomestead.com/2018/09/pickled-green-beans-recipe.html

Thank You.

I have two questions. One, how long can I safely leave them on the counter to ferment? Two, it’s been a little over two weeks and I haven’t seen any bubbles. I’m using the lid with bubbler.

Awesome! can you just eat them raw after fermentation?

How long would these beans keep if not kept in a fridge ?

glass weights? where do you get those?

Can I use the juice from a past ‘dilly’ and replace fresh green beans and garlic? How would that adjust time outside of fridge?

How clean does the jar have to be? Does it need to be sterile?

It’s been four days and every time I burp it there hasn’t been any build up. Is that normal? I went a few days in between burping.

Audio is hard to understand with inconsistent volume etc. I would like to see the recipe written out to attend this video.

Alternative to the glass weights?

What kind of water did you use...tap, distilled, water softened?

Do i have to cook beans before fermenting them?

You used what size jar for your brine? And how many cups of water and salt you used? You didn’t use all the brine thought right? Also what size jar for the beans was that? About a week or two you said? Thanks!

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I Do you put one tablespoons of salt per two cups of water ?

I thought you were going to boil the green beans then cool them. Y pantry for later

Jill Are these improper 2% Brine measurements in these two videos? - 4:50 mins into Preserve Your CUCUMBERS the Old-Fashioned Way | Fermented Pickles, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nHBEhxwllBY.html (shows 4 cups of water with 1T), while - 2:20 mins into How to Ferment GREEN BEANS ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FL0Ma_7rcec.html (shows 2 cups of water with 1T) I totally support you Jill, there is no evil intent here.