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yeah, those bits fly around on the merest thought of a breeze.

I suspect they're best when the seeds are formed but relatively small. When i sampled them I didn't pick any that were overly large or...

New bean bed photo, waiting for soil. DH nailed some old strips of siding inside to hold them all together, and prevent soil seeping...

I obtained them through a USDA trial last year. Pods do get tough as they mature. When I sampled them last year the larger pods were...

What is the longest you can harvest the pods and still have them tender?

San Fiarce here was the first pole bean to climb in the plot where other pole beans are growing. The beans in this particular plot were...

@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...