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@heirloomgal, fingers crossed for the last Ekaterinaslav plant.

We had torrential rain last night, it was heavy. I was almost going to water the main garden last evening for the 1st time this season...

Network bean 'Barry Island' not only was the first to climb, but continues to blow all the other beans away in terms of height. It's...

Well @Blue-Jay I can confirm at this point that the network bean Fagiolo Ruviotti I'm growing for you is not a pole, but a bush. I...

@ruralmamma Honest to goodness, now that I have a label maker I don't know how I ever lived without it. SO many issues for me with...

I do good until I hear the coyotes howl and then I suddenly remember that I can't run as fast as I could a year ago. :oops:

Last evening I went out with a Sharpie and refreshed the fading tags. Actually the tags that had faded the most I used a different...

An interesting experiment would be to see how far down you can go with a bean seed. I've done it with potatoes. I read that the deeper...

Pole beans have hit the point where the root systems are well established, and now the upper bodies are ready to take over the world...

today while weeding there was this bean plant growing that was not likely to do much as it was overgrown by several feet of beans around...

First blooms on two varieties of bush beans this morning: Ukrainian Comrades and Cold Creek. Railroad has buds and I'm sure it will be...

Agreed, variety seems to play a central role. Probably some mysterious combination of variety and how it reacts with heat or lack...

That is very similar to the random plant sickness I’ve been experiencing. I’m thinking some varieties are particularly prone to it. I...

Some little bean updates and hodgepodge. I noticed today how peculiar the leaves of the bean variety 'Barba di Frate' are! In front...

Oh yes, I forgot to include that in my epic saga. I went out half a dozen times in the middle of the night with a flashlight. No...