Growing Medicinal Beans

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http://home.cogeco.ca/~allan/medicinal_beans.html

Good news. I got home after the torrential rains and found gullies from the path of the water running thru the garden, But,the fava beans were still there.....They "held their ground " just like we have to, and kept on growing thru it all. I planted about 6 more pounds of beans this weekend...Pray for a good fall crop. Blessings!

I am going to try an attempt at growing favas year round with the help of a greenhouse (if we can get one up) We were in the process of trying to build a chicken -tractor(mobile chicken coop with fenced in run areea , when dad droped a large sheet of plywood on his big toe ( the foot the was half blown off in WW 2 and doesn't have feeling much in the toes) now he is using his cruches and trying to behave and keep
weight off it alittle til it heels. Thank goodness for comfrey leaf poultice that kept the swelling down! Hopefully we'll figure out something to contain the chicken hand-me downs from people who have to move before we get them this weekend.
I really don't know of a source for fresh..they are seasonal vegies..canned ones are about it or cooking the dry beans.

Just got a call from dad and it has rained since I left home this morning.....some of it very hard . He watched another muddy river flowing down in front of our house..Since the first planting of favas made it thru the last time...I'm hoping their roots have gone deeper yet so we won't have to worry about too much rain. The new beans I planted in raised rows & hopefully they will be ok. There is more rain on the way! It's so hard to be away from home for 2 days while working and there is so much to do. I hope I can put a picture of the farm on the sight soon. Dad made the mistake of getting a CD along with our last pictures we had developed. Someone told me that you look at it on computor...so maybe someone can put a picture on this sight for me so you all can see what the farm looks like.

Well, The favas made it thru 2 torrential rains and are coming along just fine. Now we also have 5 hens/ a rooster and 2 young chickens that were given to us on Monday. Dad & I built a chicken tractor (mobile roost/ nest box/ run). I didn't want quite that many chickens and can't keep all of them. We have gotten 3 eggs so far, which isn't bad for putting them thru a change in location/ people/ feed, etc. My soy beans are nearly ready to pick now ( for green soy beans) You boil them in the pod, then shell them out. Other than the fact that there is not enough hours in a day or enough strength in this poor body to get everything done..things are going well. Anyone want a working vacation at a farm...., I could use help! We have 5 beautiful kittens that need homes...two with tails and three with stubs like the mama..anyone out there need a kitten????
Blessings to you all ...... Aunt Bean

Started making a field of raised beds this week. It is quite a job but think it will be worth it, because of the way the land washed during hard rains..lost alot of topsoil ...it ran down in front of the house in a "river". Had to take dad to the emergency room on Saturday...he may have spent too much time working on the tractor, trying to get it to run and then plowed for quite a while apparently (from what was done when I got home from work Friday nite). He stayed overnight and they changed his meds and he came home Sunday, but it was a scare! Life on the farm can be too hard sometimes!

Had an amazing visit from a fellow PD'r from Knoxville area this Tuesday. Scott drove 2 hours, helped in the garden, shared his story with me, helped make fava chips, learned how to make tincture and what part of the plant to make the tincture from. He was such a help and encouragement to me. I was feeling alittle discouraged , looking at all that needed to be done....but then he came and I feel uplifted and ready to go on . Just knowing that there are people out there that care and want to help will help me stay strong. Scott knows the value of working out and he impressed me more than anyone I've ever met......he wants to stay well like I do. He also went to our local support group meeting Tuesday evening and shared his story with the group. Everyone enjoyed meeting him and hope he will come back again sometime. We have to do all we can to keep our bodies functioning at optimum levels. Got to exercise along with supplements and good food choices. Blessings to all and a big thank you to Scott!

Happy that Scott was able to visit and lift your spirits. We all need to support each other and share the knowledge we gain fighting this condition. Keep up the good work and God Bless you and your family is my humble prayer.

Mike

My dad lives in Edmonton, Canada and we are unable to get fresh fava beans there. I am trying to get him to eat fava beans from the can but he says that it tastes bland and it is hard to get thim to eat it.

I was wondering if he put the beans from the can in a blender and made it into a juice. Has anyone tried that?

Thanks,
Sharmila

Aunt Bean
Thank you for bringing Scott to the support group. I would have liked to have heard more from him, but he had to leave.

I wanted to thank YOU publicly, Aunt Bean, for sharing all that you learn with others. Your aspiratio n is not to get rich, but to offer PwP an alternative to the gold standard of "best medical treatment, " which at this time is carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet).

Scott - get in touch with me or Aunt Bean again soon, and we will take some time off for a long chat.

Peggy