Beans with everything! / myLot

United Kingdom

January 26, 2026 4:55am CST

Do you like beans? One crop I seem to have consistent success with is beans, mainly climbing beans. Some years it feels like the only thing I can manage to grow! I grow runner beans (red- and white-flowered varieties), climbing French beans, as well as yellow and purple climbing beans. In a strange contrast, bush beans don’t seem to do at all well, not even very similar types of French beans. Anyway the result is that the freezer is half full of beans (the other half being mainly fruit!). It’s in need of defrosting and we need to do that before the first fruit arrives from the garden in May, so for now it’s basically beans with everything! Do you like beans? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.

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@DaddyEvil (166437)

• United States

26 Jan

I do if they're young beans still in the pods. Once the pods are old enough to strip the beans out, I won't eat them. We ate green beans in the pod yesterday with potatoes in a garlic sauce and served with a fried steak.

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Fleur

@Fleura (33629)

• United Kingdom

26 Jan

Mmm that sounds good!

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@DaddyEvil (166437)

• United States

26 Jan

@Fleura It was delicious!

And thank you.

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@dgobucks226 (37267)

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22h

I do like beans, one vegetable I enjoy. I grow my own green beans in my garden. I never knew they had purple- or yellow-colored kinds. I enjoy other kinds of beans too like kidney for chili, navy for soup, and chickpeas for salads. Guess I just for of beans, lol.

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Fleur

@Fleura (33629)

• United Kingdom

12h

I've had success with many varieties of climbing beans. I don't seem to do well with bush beans though. I tried growing some 'yin-yang beans' and I didn't even harvest as many beans as I sowed! https://www.suttons.co.uk/vegetable-seeds/french-bean-seeds/bean-dwarf-french-kidney-seeds-yin-yang_MH-28969

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (93432)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

26 Jan

I love red kidney beans,

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Fleur

@Fleura (33629)

• United Kingdom

27 Jan

Yes I like them as well, in fact I like all varieties really!

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solxee

@sol_cee (38420)

• Philippines

27 Jan

If there’s ever a bean shortage, your freezer is basically a national treasure.

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Fleur

@Fleura (33629)

• United Kingdom

27 Jan

it isn't quite that extensive, and we're working our way through it!

Dr Souvik Chatterji

@sathviksouvik (22250)

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27 Jan

In india only the green variety of beans are available. We use in chowmin and vegetable curry

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Fleur

@Fleura (33629)

• United Kingdom

27 Jan

We used to eat more of things like vegetable curries before we had children. Now the girls, especially Little One, are not keen on spicy food nor vegetables!

Valentina

@valherma00 (1003)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

26 Jan

i do. yellow or green breans. these purple ones are cool.

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Fleur

@Fleura (33629)

• United Kingdom

26 Jan

Sadly those lose that purple colour when cooked, and just become bright green.

Amber

@AmbiePam (111279)

• United States

26 Jan

I’m not crazy about beans, but I don’t dislike them, and I will eat them. I just had some chicken tortilla soup with beans.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51237)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

26 Jan

I like boiled beans, not so much those "baked beans" some people think is a breakfast food. My yellow wax beans didn't do so well last year, but I got enough of the climbers to put some away in my freezer.

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