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oh, you are right, I did not look closely enough. Well, more room on the trellises then. I assume the beans that were popular for...

This is Hastings, Minnesota, USA on the Mississippi River, a little south of St Paul. Not named after the famous Hastings of 1066 but...

I'm free of frosts, but the ground temperature is still a bit lower than I'd like. I should be ready to start planting out this weekend...

Welcome @SusanneinHastings. Which Hastings might that be? We have a Hastings here in England but I’m guessing there might be one or two...

hello! I have just joined up after reading through this and the 2024 bean thread. I will be growing out a couple of beans too. It is...

I’m beginning to understand why England is associated with pea growing and feel humbly grateful for our comparatively mild winters and...

This is a first & I'm super shocked. They actually opened my package. Thank goodness they still sent it along and I got it alright...

Peas are a cool weather crop though. They don’t like summer heat as they’re prone to mildew when it gets hot and dry. I grow them as an...

These are not all the beans I have to grow, but they're a fun representation of what I received recently.

Some more recent bean mail. This is a beautiful bean I ran across about two weeks ago. From a grower in Pescadaro, California. The...

@Blue-Jay The description of Fin de Villeneuve on the IPK Gatersleben website states that it is a determinate bush bean. I also wonder...

I finally purchased some rainbow varieties/colors for the school garden I'm working on. I also will grow out a blue bean variety in my...

I'm busy with growing transplants in the greenhouse and preparing for the gardening year. Went to a local seed swap yesterday and...

i'm starting to get my gardening mojo going for this season. :) now that i'm getting some of my other projects off my list of things...

Tarahumara Bakamina One of two surviving half-runner beans, the second one was Tinker's Fire. The others were washed away by water...