Bush beans

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The bean which does not climb is the bush bean. This bean is usually eaten dry.

Regarding to the pole beans which climbs along stakes, the bush beans usually stays with their pods stiffer and fibrous earlier.

Our harvest is done when the pods are already filled, while they are not very dry, we thrash them up and freeze them for consumption either in normal meals or in soups. If the beans are dry, it will be harder to cook and therefore we must boil them.

Pole running green beans

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One kind of bean that is used a lot in Portuguese cuisine are the green beans "feijão verde". The development of the plant which gives this kind of bean is made climbing along stakes. That's why they are called climbing beans.

After the beans germinate and after chop beans which are too close to each other, it's time to put up stakes for the beans so they can climb up as they wish.

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This type of culture needs to be watered more often than other types of beans.

The most important pest of these kind of culture the bean's lice, which we need to be very careful and staying alert.

The green bean "feijão verde" is usually eaten while they are green, usually used in soup or included in a boiled fish meal. But if the aim is to have beans for the entire year, it is best to let them dry first one or two days and put them in the freezer just after. In this case the bean is harvested as dry as possible, threshed, packed and ready to go to the freezer.

Sowing pumpkins

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Pumpkin is a fruit very important, especially for its nutrition values and by its diversity inclusion in meals. The pumpkin seeds are considered protein supplements.

Most soils can be used for growing pumpkins, if properly prepared. The way the soil is dug, its fertilization, the sowing, the weeding, the watering and the area of ​the ​land required for the pumpkins to develop and expand themselves are important to have the expected good results.

Spinach for soup

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Like popeye the sailor man, we all eat spinach at home. Spinach is a weed originated in South Asia and we usually use it for soups. It is important you clean it well before cooking and the cooking water should be discarded. This vegetable has a high number of nutrients that makes us stronger.

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It is planted in a shaded area with easy access to water. Throughout the year there is a good production of spinach with the exception of the colder months like December and January.

Parsley beneficts

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When the Summer arrives and we all want to go outside, for meals in the garden, with salads, soups and herbs that can turn beautiful any dish. Many times we neglect the nutritional value of some green food as parsley.

It has powerful properties as it is a strong diuretic don't give suficient value to the treatment of fluid retention, rheumatism, gout, bladder infections and gallstones, is regulating menses and relieves spasms.

While in the other hand it stimulates the production of breast milk and tones the muscles of the uterus. It is very relaxing, relieving depression and fatigue in menopause. It helps relieving flatulence and colic. For the colic in children, you give them a slight infusion of the leaves which you give them to drink two or three scoops after meals.