raining this morning but not very cold out there (now about 61F going up to about 66F) then back down to mid 30F overnight. coming Wed night down below freezing and a chance of some snow again (doesn't sound major but dunno for sure - but currently no plans to break out the shovels).
storm came through a bit ago and interrupted the internet connection but other than that it was just some rain and a little thunder and lightning.
someone mentioned possible tornado in southern MI.
i ran them through the worm buckets partially crushed and then put them in the gardens the next spring. i don't usually find them again in the gardens after that but i'm sure there's a few spots i could probably find them. i wouldn't be surprised if the birds eat whatever bits they can find.
we had a station wagon, and Mom had some smaller car before that and then after that it was a Skylark, a Chevette and a Capri which i was given when i got my license and i had that car until my first summer after my first year at college and my brother broke the timing chain while i was out west...
had the full moon to the direct west of me this morning when the sun was coming up. clear sky and sunny and the cardinal is out there singing up a storm (ok, not a storm but definitely making a lot of sound :) )...
this morning there were three large deer out back wandering around and trying to get back out. apparently they can't remember how they got in to begin with?
Mom was watching them and giving me moment by moment updates. i had to ask her to stop telling me because the last time we had deer out...
i don't think so. :) if you did the work in getting them stable and acknowlege where they came from before that i consider that a fitting tribute to Robert's original intentions (or at least that is how i've read any of the descriptions of him and how he was growing beans).
Victoria Brown Eyes has some form of that but the shape of the bean is different (the color is also different :) ).
i've grown VBE a few different times and it seems like it would do better in a cooler climate with a longer season. one of the larger seeded varieties that don't always do so...
yes, the more plain the cardboard is the better. black lettering. avoid any that is coated or shiny or has a lot of other things stuck to it. saves time to not have to peel off the tape or pry out the staples.
worms love it though, hiding in all those corrugations...
we found out after we planted it that we both react to the sap.
the many areas of it we have all sprout plenty of seedlings in the limestone mulch around the plants. we always have more starts than we can let grow.
we're now taking out as much of them as we can get to them (we've hired...
our experience is that if you don't plant it in the middle of a puddle it will do ok.
we put it in some areas that do get temporarily floods in slightly raised beds and they have survived pretty well.