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Thank you! I have a tendency to make my supports a little too perfect but I love this idea! Also helps if my hubby has a visual too...

I'm growing it this season, and it is vigorous but not near maturing seeds yet.

Sure @ruralmamma. Here is a couple different sizes of birch poles I used, any branch that is on there is cut a few inches out (at...

I think my brain is getting rusty @Blue-Jay because I have no recollection of the timing of that bean, it escapes my memory entirely...

Went out into the Pole bean patch today and harvested nearly the last of the lima pods. Severed all their vines from their roots. Have...

oh goody, having fun shelling beans and seeing some of my crosses giving results i like to see. :) :) :)

Yes. You unknowingly planted some seeds of F1 Avalon crosses in with your Avalon seeds, so they produced F2 seed. The color patterns...

Thanks for the recommendation! I've heard of Carol and am hoping to order a copy soon Still wrapping my head around the genetics. So...

Weather here has been a rollercoaster ride this season. May and June were cool and we had so much rain and flooding. That was followed...

Here too. ;)

i recall that one being very productive here. :)

i was able to get out for a few hours of bean picking today. :) i'm hoping i got two of the network bean numbers improved but won't...

Interesting season. Our rain has been feast or famine all summer. July we had a 3 day round of 4 inches, 10 cm of rain. Since this past...

Yes, I hadn't though of that. I don't think my supports would ever fail under weight, but the plants themselves could possibly tear or...

Frost irrigation does work, but there is a limit to how cold it can be and still be protective. I also think that you managed to thread...