Canning Series: Half-Runners

My dear friend Ginny called me Thursday night to go pick half runners at her friend's house in Yellow Springs. Well, Thursday was not a very good day for me and the temperatures hit a hot and steamy 95 with a heat index over 100. I asked Ginny if we could wait until Friday night after I got off from work. So, last night we headed out to Yellow Springs. It was still hot and steamy, but a few degrees cooler than Thursday night. I must say it was a labor of love because who in their right mind would want to go out into a garden with the temperatures very high, bugs flying around, and tackling the beans winding along the ground inter-twined with weeds a couple of feet high. The answer is simple. People who are dedicated to eating organic home grown foods.