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I am taking the plunge today and transplanting some of the bean plants to their new home and putting shade cloth over top to help combat...

The twining of the pole beans begins, and the award for earliest spinner goes to 'Vitalis', a variety sent to me from Spain. Wow, I...

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...

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...

All the direct-seeded beans are up and doing great. I've been using castor oil to deter voles and haven't seen any signs of them...

My Hatch chilis taste about the same as the canned ones. Usually they aren't as hot as I'd like, but I add a Thai pepper or two and...

do your Hatch chilis come out tasting ok? i've not grown them here yet (and probably won't), but i'm curious how it goes when they...

it will be a challenge to get this last garden weeded and planted soon, but as it is outside the fence it may all get eaten by deer...

The brief note that I have from last year is ‘Sparse growth but early.’ I guess sparse growth could equate with delicate.

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...

the Purple Dove beans that sprouted early in the tomato patch are almost flowering. these are random beans that fell on the ground...

@heirloomgal I started most of my pole beans in 8.5 oz styrofoam cups. When introducing all the pole beans to the sun little by little...

I'm growing Juanita Smith this year and I'm shocked at how delicate the plants are! Can anyone confirm if this is an exceptionally...

Very nice @Bluejay! 😍 I was going to ask how your garden was going! Your transplants all look really beautiful. Did you seed all the...

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...