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[ruralmamma]

My 8y/o daughter insisted on being the one to open the box. Not sure which of us is more excited for spring.

My daughter just turned 11 and loves playing with and sorting beans. This will be the first year in which she'll have her very own bed and a few bean varieties to grow. I've always been careful not to force gardening upon her, but let her develop an interest on her own as I did as a child. We're so excited for this year too!

 

[flowerbug]

My daughter just turned 11 and loves playing with and sorting beans. This will be the first year in which she'll have her very own bed and a few bean varieties to grow. I've always been careful not to force gardening upon her, but let her develop an interest on her own as I did as a child. We're so excited for this year too!

i wish it were easier for people to get around.

i have five full quarts of dry beans that i'll be eating that she'd probably have fun going through. they're a mix of whatever i've had extra in the collection or old beans i won't grow again. there's probably a bunch of different varieties in there depending upon how they are sorted. since i tend to select by colors and shapes i can have a lot of different browns or other colors along with different shapes.

some of them are ones i could name and others will just be generic eating beans because i don't need yet more browns or whatever and i can't grow them all.

i still haven't really gone through my entire collection yet to get some weeded out so i'd also have those too eventually.