Small Scale Bean Threshing - Low Tech Method

From bcfarmsandfood.com/ - A fast, low-tech method for threshing dried beans. Good for small scale dry bean growers who lack the large equipment needed to quickly thresh their crop. Rebecca Jehn, of Rebecca’s Garden in Victoria, BC, demonstrates the simple method she uses to thresh dried beans. With a threshing box and a small air compressor, she is able to separate the beans from their pods in minutes.
Rebecca has spent years cultivating and testing bean varieties for the marine west coast climate around Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Dry beans grow well in this climate if you start early. According to Rebecca, because of the short dry season, it’s important to plant by May and stop watering around July, just after the first crop of green beans appears. This helps the plant to put all its energy into maturing and drying the first crop of beans, allowing for harvest while the weather is still likely to be dry.
Rebecca grows most of her bush beans and pole beans in 20-foot rows. If the weather is too damp to dry the beans on the plant, she uses a light table to get them “crispy dry” before threshing.
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[@petercarlson8240]

Great idea with the compressor, we use a fan but so much less effectively.

[@douglasm1075]

Thank you SO MUCH for this one. I spent more time than I care to admit yesterday attempting to shuck out the dried Mother Stollard bean seeds I had saved from this Fall. I thought, there has to be an easier/ more time efficient way than what i was doing. Going to try your method next season. I am a carpenter, have a compressor, etc. DM

[@GrizzlyGroundswell]

very slick, I bet those dishwasher trays would also work well.

[@zeed33r]

thank you for sharing

[@josiebrown1]

ahhhh, the Air Compressor. Ill do this today and thanks Rebecca

[@fouroakfarm]

Good idea, thanks

[@thelma-mimi-dulce-blue]

thanks so much!!!