Garden Green Beans

So today was the first big harvest of green beans (I have been planting them in two week increments, and will now plant pole beans this weekend)

Here is being washed and ended.

Here is the pretty result of some of them.

Water starting to boil!

Boiling away for 3 minutes only.......

Ice is ready!

Out of the boiling water and cold water shower

Ice bath..

Two pounds blanched and now frozen.  Very happy.  Another pound or so to share with Margaret H!