I got two pickings off our beans but had to still buy some more. My daughter-in-law picked them up. $1 a pound in 10 pound bags Washed cut and ready for your freezer, she says. I still have to blanche them, right? No she says they are ready for your freezer. She said she would call where she got them and check. I'm thinking - have things changed in the past two months?? Yes, I do have to blanche them! She had already bagged them in freezer bags. So at noon I did up 20 pounds of string beans and at supper time, we cut and froze 5 dozen ears of corn.