Speaking of green beans, house brand canned green beans just jumped up 20 cents at our local Wally World and Aldi. Ditto for corn. Anybody have a clue what’s up with that?
Pork steaks and chicken are up too. Fish is almost as expensive now as shrimp, and beef is totally out of sight, except for an occasional closeout deal on frozen patties or the like. Often those patties are not that great...
Maybe I need to go fishing more...
I eat a lot of plain ol’ canned green beans. They go well, unseasoned except what’s in the can, with a lot of dishes my wife cooks. I’ve tried planting a couple varieties of beans, but without much success, and prep time is an issue too. :-(
If I could sustain my 1st year’s success with Opo, that would be a potential substitute “filler” (or “fill me up”) veggie. It’s neutral, and when successful, the fruits are huge, and will sometimes keep a few months, at the expense of needing to remove the skin and seeds. Young fruits — one can basically just chop up or slice the whole thing, sort of like cucumbers.
Hah, I just took a look at my “took months to germinate” Opo plant, and it’s really going to town. It grew about 6” yesterday! Time to move it out of the 5” starter pot and into the garden proper - MAYBE there’s enough time B4 frost to get something out of it.