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[Keith B <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Hey homesteaders,

We've got a few pounds of not young pole beans (Kentucky's) picked 
yesterday and I'd like to know more about leather britches before 
stringing them up to join the hot peppers and herbs dangling from my 
office ceiling. This is the first year we've grown poles, always bush 
before. Man are they prolific!

Do you clip one end before stringing them? Do you remove the beans from 
the pods before using? Are they too mature to use when the pods have 
turned brown and wrinkled? Is that what the still green ones will look 
like when there're dry? Thanks for any advice.