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Wisteria Wisteria The Wisteria is also lushly blossoming at the moment. It is 13 years old, and really got a hold now. It is still set back in a hard winter though. The beans (haricot vert) has been sown and the swallows fly into the house, so we need to keep the doors closed. . Lilac Lilac Chinese Lilac This Lilac is different from the common lilacs we have, and we were told it is called a Chinese Lilac. Whether that is right I don't know. Danish

A bit more about glass engraving. I often engrave on used glass jars. These are from instant coffee. We make our own apple juice and pour it in glass jars and freeze it. So I made some jars just for this use. They have the right size to fit in the doors of the refrigerator. I have also made jars in which I store my dried beans.   This is how the drawings I put inside the jars look: Danish

I also dry Borlotti beans. (You can read more about drying beans here) We grow them exclusively for the seeds. They taste very well in Chili con Carne or Chili sin Carne. In Chili sin Carne I originally used black beans, but we don't grow them any more, so now it is Borlotti beans. Remember to soak the seeds in  water for 12 hours and throw the water away. Cook in plenty of water for 45-60 minutes. My recipe for Chili con Carne:  3 dl dried bean seeds Soak the beans for 12 hours. Throw the soaking water away and cook the beans in water with a vegetable bouillon cube added. Cook approx. 1 hour and drain. Fry onion and garlic and then the meat. Add tomato,  pepper and chili . Let cook for ½ hour. Add the beans and season with salt, and also cayenne pepper, if you want it to be hotter. 500 g ground beef Butter/oil for frying 2 onions 2  garlic cloves 1 can chopped tomatoes 2 red / green or snack peppers diced ½ tsp chili flakes salt m...

Autumn is time to dry some of the garden products, among other things bean seeds. We found  these yin yang  bean seeds for sale at a little stall on the island of Nyord, a couple of years ago. It is amazing seeds and not hard to figure out how they got their name. I take the been seeds out of the pods and place them on a dishtowel (room temperature) a couple of days. I then place them in cloth bags and hang them on a clothesline  - still in a place with room temperature. Before I made some cloth bags I used  pillow cases, and that works fine as well 😋 A couple of times a day I give the bag a little shake. When I am sure they are absolutely dry and "rattel" i store them in a glass container. When using the beans, I first soak the bean seeds in water for 12 hours - throw the water away - and cook the seeds approximately 1 hour. We also harvest and use them as fresh beans. They taste delicious and are suitable for deep freezing. Danish