Haricots Verts Harvesting

The importance of harvesting beans every day cannot be emphasized more.  If you are trying to be self-sufficient, you need the most productivity on the least amount of land...and beans are super producers!  But once they think they've set seed, they slow their production.  So it is imperative to pick every day or every other day.  Keep the beans harvested and you will keep the plants producing.  Dianna thought that I was obsessive, and people will wonder "why do you insist in picking every day?".  It's simple.  Most of what I do is all about productivity.  Square foot gardening, harvesting beans daily, companion planting, keeping the weeds out of the garden -it's all about getting the most food in the least amount of space while still using organic methods.  Day before yesterday I harvested 6 oz of beans, today 12 oz.  The magic is to keep harvesting, while the beans are young and tender.  The plants will keep producing well into the fall.