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It can be difficult to pull them out if they have been driven in the ground to much over a foot deep. I had a fellow from Iowa help me...

Mine are all podded except for the few varieties which still need to dry down further. Some are still out there as we’re having a dry...

i know it is wonderful to get going on shelling beans. i've not had as much time in recent weeks as i would normally have but here or...

The End Of A Bean Season The Vines are now all bare The Supports Are Now Bare Without Vines...

Yes all done. I started shelling pods back in about middle of August and kept at it steadily when I wasn't doing something else. The...

Tonight I start to work at all the paper bags full of dried pods! :ya

Today I finished shelling the last pods I have harvested. I will photo all of this years grown beans and start packing them in a...

oh, thanks for the information! :)

I believe it is called 'inverse' but reversal is perfectly understandable and it is caused by the way the bean seedcoat is formed...

I have had problems with it too in bush beans, and also in pole beans at times @oxbow farm. Impossible to control on the poles, but...

I wonder if it would help to plant your bush beans farther apart maybe even 12 inches. More air space to allow for drying of foliage.

Wondering about bush dry beans that might show some resistance or tolerance to white mold (Sclerotinia). I really have a problem many...

Russ, do you want me to send you back the 52 Andikove I got, or try for more next year? I have plenty of Frost beans to send back...

Try to grow them again next year. Now you have more beans to work with.