Slash Baked Bean Cooking Time…
Posted in Recipes on June 2, 2011
Quick tip: To slash the oven time, simmer the beans (before baking) for 20 minutes with one tablespoon of baking soda . This saves 4 1/2 hours in the oven!
Congratulations to the Winners!
Posted in News on March 11, 2011
Congratulations to: People’s Choice Award Winners of the 9th Annual Chili Cook-off: 1st place – Appalachian Mountain Club – Pinkham Notch 2nd Place – White Mountain Hotel 3rd Place – MWV Hog Chapter The event was both tasty and fun-filled, we hope you enjoyed your Jacob’s Cattle, Yellow Eye, Soldier and Red Kidney beans!
New For 2011!!!
Posted in News on January 5, 2011
New for 2011 we have added our MOFGA certified organic Jacob’s Cattle and Yellow Eye beans to our online store. As always you can still purchase our conventional Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, Jacob’s Cattle Beans and Red Kidney Beans. Happy New Year!!!
State of Maine Soldier Beans are Finally Ready!
Posted in Around the Farm, News on October 27, 2010
Soldier Beans We are happy to report that today we are packaging Soldier beans in our State of Maine 2 Lb. bags! Green Thumb Farms really appreciates your patience and would like to let you all know that are now taking orders online. For a quick access click on this link: http://greenthumbfarms.com/store/beans/soldier-beans/ Enjoy your Soldier [...]
Soldier Beans
Posted in Around the Farm, News on October 22, 2010
Soldier Beans History of Soldier Beans Soldier bean (phaseolus vulgaris) is an heirloom plant that has been cultivated in New England since before 1800. The name comes from a distinctive red mark on each 3/4-inch bean that resembles an old-fashioned toy soldier. These are also known as red-eye beans. Soldier beans are a bush bean, [...]
Bean Harvesting
Posted in Around the Farm, News on October 4, 2010
The heavy rain last week put a hault on the bean harvesting, but we hope to resume at the end of this week. Please bear with us, we are as anxious as you are to get them out of the ground! In the meantime check out these pictures of the harvesting operation. Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, [...]
Organics – 2009 and beyond!
Posted in News on March 28, 2010
Here at Green Thumb we are entering our second year of organic farming. For 2009 we have dedicated our entire Webster field to organic growing methods. Organic crops produced will include organic Dark Red Norland potatoes, organic Caribe potatoes, and Jacob’s Cattle dry beans. We will also be offering transitionally grown Yukon Gold potatoes. Transitional [...]
