Beans, Beans, beans!

Last week, a few tiny beans had appeared in the bean patch in my garden.  This week...

I swear it was only four days ago that I checked on them last and there was NOTHING edible out there then.  These are 'Spike' beans which apparently translates somewhere to 'appears instantly when gardener isn't looking' beans.  Mike helped me pick this first batch last night.

This morning, I fired up the canner and made Dilly Beans for my peeps in Eagle Mountain.  As usual with this recipe, I melted my nose by accidentally inhaling the boiling vinegar vapors.  lol.  No more stuffy nose around here, no sir!

Then, I tried a new (albeit USDA-approved) recipe for three bean salad.  Mike and I are big fans of a good three bean salad, but lately we've been making do with a quicky version that is less than delish.  This version looks so yummy!  It'll be difficult to wait a few days for them to flavor up properly so that we can taste them.

That's the good news.  The 'bad' news is that I still have almost half of that bowl of beans left.  Off to figure out something to do with my never ending bean crop....