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The darn postal strike is back on. Well, that's it for mailing seeds for this season. There have been a few people ordering seeds all of...

That’s really bad news. Let’s hope negotiations move faster than last year. You have so many great seeds to offer that it would be very...

The darn postal strike is back on. :somad Well, that's it for mailing seeds for this season. There have been a few people ordering...

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...

I purchased some 12 inch long Kabob bambo skewer sticks and I'm sticking them down into the cups and taping the stems to the sticks to...

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...

I was able to put these emerging seedlings in the sun Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Exposed them to at least 8 hours of sun on these...

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

The season is getting exciting. We have had drought conditions here, but with much watering I have planted out young bean plants of...

Yesterday I put 27 pole beans and 10 semi/half-runner in the sprouter. Next week I will do the same with bush beans. So far May has been...

Sunday the llth of May I set up my 192 styro cups with potting mix and seeds. I watered them the next morning and by that Firday the...

Well, I took the plunge. I'm in mid-Michigan also, and forecast says no frost for the next 8-10 days, at least. My network beans are all...

yes both. :) any recipe really, they are a mild pinto flavor but smaller beans so they cook faster and have a nice creamy texture...

We have so many deer walking through the neighborhoods here!

My folks saw a couple of deer sauntering through the neighbourhood yesterday morning. We have never had deer here, ever. Bizarre. I...