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We are going to hit 100 degrees this weekend (at least on the feels like scale.) And during the heat wave, we will actually have a week...

Yesterday I planted out 3 week old seedlings of Koronis Purple, a bush dry bean. The area had layer of Ginko leaf mulch, which I...

Well, I plucked up the courage and planted my extras tonight. This year I had 2 bean sets per variety, so if something happened to one...

I still have a few pole varieties to transplant but I'm happy to say I have 80% of the Network beans in the ground. Ditched my planting...

Also planted 12 varieties of semi runners and seeded a few pole beans. Lately I've been growing Sacre Bleu every year. People keep...

All my offsites and backyard and around my house are all planted and up and growing. All the pole beans were a lot of work putting them...

Bush beans! So glad I decided to still do transplants with them, I was tempted to direct seed this year. Got all the poles in now too...

i was very happy today to finally get back to bean planting and so i was able to finish up planting one of the gardens by selecting a...

Hello! Just discovered this forum recently after reading about it on flowerbug's Anthive blog. I've been planning a slightly larger...

I planted out four Blue Jay bush bean seedlings the other day, and insects devoured two of them. Wood bugs seem to favour this variety...

Neither had I flowerbug, which is why I was so surprised that I got a report of it. I found it difficult to advise, but assured the...

Thank you Artorius. I had a query recently about bean seeds that 'had maggots in them'. I had never heard of such a thing and the...

This year, due to the forecast of an exceptionally cold May, I did not make seedlings. I wake up the seeds in a sprouter and when they...

Beans in pots can be a tricky thing! Last year we had a cold spring too (less cold than this year though) and I got trapped with beans...

Many beans could be several centuries old. They are probably the product of stablized crosses that have happened over time. Some beans...