Despite wet conditions early on and kudzu bug damage later the edamame has grown and produced beans. Edamame is a photo-period sensitive plant, affected by the relative length of days and nights. The plants flower only when the length of day is just right. When it's time to harvest, all the pods of a plant are ready to pick at once. Today was the day!
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| Edamame means "beans on branches". The beans grow in clusters on bushy branches. |
I pull the plants from the garden, pile them into a big bucket, then settle into a comfortable (i.e. cool) spot to cut the pods from the branches. Next step, the pods are tossed into a pot of salted, boiling water for immediate consumption or blanched, packaged, and frozen for later use.
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