WAITING FOR MY BEANS TO GROW

The long beans and four-angled beans that Kamariah helped me to plant has started growing.  Honestly I am impatient for them to start climbing up the rods and then grow, grow and grow. I want to harvest the beans and make salads from them.

Here is some info about long beans or yard long beans
Chewy, flavourful yard long beans, also known as Chinese snake beans, are closely related to the black-eyed peas. It is thought to have originated in southern China Yunnan province. Its immature, tender, edible pods are one of the most popular greens used in the Philippines, and other East Asian cuisines. The beans are also grown in small scales in the home gardens in Southern United states, West Indies as well as Mediterranean regions.
The yard long pods are actually legumes belonging to the Fabaceae family. Scientific name: Vigna unguiculata, subspecies sesquipedalis. Some of the common names include asparagus-bean, string-bean, or Chinese snake beans. 

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Why Long Beans are considered auspicious

The Chinese believe that Long Beans are a symbol of long life, owing to their length. As a result, it is a ritual to eat these beans on the occasion of the Chinese New Year.
Read more at http://www.ifood.tv/blog/chinese-long-beans-symbol-of-long-life#YYEwDGjIR9ABqDJw.99

Health Benefits
Long Bean is considered as an energy food.

• Long beans is a low calorie vegetable and hence can be consumed by those on weight loss.
• It has good amounts of Vitamin A as well as fair amounts of Vitamin C.
• Being a green vegetable, it is rich in phyto chemicals and anti oxidants, thus plays an important role in fighting cancer and delays aging. 
• They offer cardiovascular protection and help lower blood pressure.
• They have anti inflammatory effects and relive inflammation in arthritis and asthma.

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