In message , David Hill
writes
On 16/10/2019 23:07, Charlie Pridham wrote:
This was my first year growing these (normally grow runners) after a
shaky start they have grown well and cropped well, they are so much
easier to use than runners I shall stick to them for the future.
My question is having just got back from two weeks away, there are a
lot of large pods starting to ripen, can one use the ripe beans dried
(or maybe frozen) do they need boiling?

You can always keep them for next years seed

The only French beans I have grown have been climbers ('Seeded Blue
Lake'). Traditionally, you eat such things well before the seeds have
developed too far, but you get 'a lot more bean for your money' if you
let them go a lot further, so that the seeds are quite large. The pods
don't go leathery, and they taste just as good.
--
Ian