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Gardener shares how one unbelievable plant provides year's worth of food: 'Will…
One gardener discovered they could harvest a year's worth of Puerto Rican black beans from a single plant.
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Grow Your Own: Florida Gardener Reveals How One Plant Can Feed You For a Year
Florida Gardener Shares Secret to Year-Round Bean Supply Florida resident and avid gardener, known online as 'Homegrown Florida', recently shared her strategy for achieving food self-sufficiency by cultivating a single plant capable of providing a year's worth of beans. In a recent video, she highlighted the Puerto Rican black bean as her plant of choice for this remarkable yield. The gardener demonstrated the entire process, from the plant's vigorous growth on a trellis to the development of its distinctive long pods. She explained that after the plant's small flowers bloom, they produce two pods, each containing approximately 20 to 25 beans. The key to long-term storage, she noted, is allowing the pods to completely dry on the plant until they become a crispy brown. To prevent mold in Florida's humid climate, she advises harvesting the dried pods every couple of days. Once harvested, the beans are easily shelled from their brittle casings. For optimal preservation, she recommends spreading the shelled beans on a paper plate or towel for four to five days indoors to ensure they are thoroughly dry. After this final drying stage, the beans can be stored in a glass jar, where they are said to remain viable for years, ready to be used as needed.
