Green beans harvesting

A period of 50 – 70 days is required for planting to harvesting.  Green beans are harvested before the pods bulge.

The pods should ‘snap’ when break them apart. After all, that’s how they got the name ‘snap beans’. Most gardeners wait until the beans are the diameter of a pencil. They should be firm and just before the bean seeds forming inside start to show.

The oftener the gardener picks the beans, the more they will produce.

How to harvest green beans? Use one hand to hold the stem and one hand to remove pods. Always harvest pods when the plant is dry.

Upon harvesting, bean should be cooled 4.4 °C and held at that temperature until sold as the fresh products, or until processed.
Green beans harvesting 

Elderberry (Sambucus)

Elderberry is tall shrub with white flowers and black fruits. Individual berries of the wild elders are small, about 4-6 nm in diameter globose, with prominent seeds.

The leaves are mainly deciduous and are typically 6 to 10 inches long. The wood of the elder is soft and pithy but become hard with age and the bark is thin and either gray or dark brown.

The species is indigenous to Europe, Asia and North Africa and is naturalized in North America. It grows in shady, wet places, frequently in the undergrowth of forests.

Some common cultivated species of elderberry include Sambucus nigra, Sambucus Canadensis, Sambucus javanica, Sambucus melancarpa and Sambucus racemosa.

Elderberries are easy grows in nearly any type of soil although they grow best in moist sites.

They are ideal for pond edges, drainage ditches and other boggy areas. They can also be used in shrub borders and along woodlands edges.
Elderberry (Sambucus)