PURPLE HYACINTH BEAN : LETS PICK THE BEANS

Maybe you still remember with my Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) flower.

Now, we can find lots of beans that ready to be picked.

The bean is really crunchy and a little bit sweet.

Great for stir frying and curry.

Lets pick the pretty beans...

WEEKLY HARVEST : DECEMBER 2014

These our harvest on December...

Amaranth, garlic chives and green beans

Edible weeds : Purslane and Legetang

Purslane / krokot

Lettuce, garlic chives, red amaranth, celery, and cabbages

Cabe keriting (curly peppers), chilli and leunca

Pumpkin and jamur kuping hitam (Black mushroom)

Jamur kuping hitam

Garlic chives, hyacinth beans, kara beans and celery

HYACHINTH BEAN : PICK THE SEEDS AND BEANS

This is the purple version of my hyacinth bean.

The leaves are so lush, so dense.

I didn't know if the first cluster of the beans have already mature and ready for the seed.

The flower is still so rare, especially during this rainy season.

I think I have to be patient to pick a bountiful of beans.

Waiting for the dry season as the peak of the 'bean time'.

Just a few beans for this season, no problem...

At least I have seeds for the next planting.

LAST FROM THE HYACINTH BEAN

The white hyacinth bean is finishing its peak season

Peak of flowering and harvesting season.

Rainy season have came and this vine will optimizing the vegetative growth, just produce new shoots and leaves.

I think this is the last flowering time this year.

Rain and wet weather is not favorable to initiate flower and the bean too.