leather britches

I have a lot of green beans planted for this year. We'll be putting up a lot in the freezer, a large number of pints of pickled beans, and a lot of mature dried beans for soups.

I keep running across references to leather britches. I'd like to try some of these this year. The thing is, I live in the humid midsouth. I can't dry a bundle of herbs on a covered porch. It will mold. Any ideas of how to dry the beans in my climate?

What beans? Rattlesnake pole, Contender, and Blue Lake bushes.. plus some red pod poles I don't remember the names of.

Oh, and some speckled lima! It has multiple colors. A landrace that didn't know it was a landrace.

I think a solar dehydrator could help you dry them out even in a humid climate.

I've always had an interest in leather britches as well.  My great-grandmother told me when canning jars became available,  her family pretty much stopped drying beans.  

Here is a video I recently watched that goes through all the steps from stringing to cooking them.  I believe she even mentions that you can use a dehydrator.

I'm going to try this with the red cut short beans my family has grown for generations.   But in all honesty if I find myself overrun with beans, I'm sure some will be dried.

Regarding drying beans (and other stuff), I have used my oven on its lowest setting, leaving the door slightly cracked... and it seems to work!   If you have a 'convection' option, it might speed the process up.