Prepare your beans as needed and steam them before drying them. 1  Remove the strings from green, snap, string, or wax beans. For larger bean varieties, split pods lengthwise to allow for faster drying.  Shell full-grown lima beans, peas, or other shell beans.
Minimum height is 30 inches for males, 28 inches for bitches.The Great Dane can be as tall as 3 feet. Weight averages 135 pounds, even though males as big as 170 - 190 are not uncommon.
1 Males, on average, stand from 32 to 36 at the shoulder and can weigh from 140 to 180 pounds. 2  Females typically stand 28 to 33 tall at the shoulder and weigh from 110 to 140 pounds. 3  Danes do not usually reach full maturity until they are 18 to 24 months of age.