Recent content by LindaN

Are you asking if you can compost the shells or hulls from the peas? Absolutely! It it rots (and pretty much everything rots), then it can be composted!

Well, start building up that soil with lots of compost then! It will improve the drainage and help the plants grow better.

I compost stuff with powdery mildew all the time. Powdery mildew is one of those things that you just can't seem to avoid with many plants. I have an old-fashioned lilac shrub, for example, that gets powdery mildew every year. It's unattractive, but won't kill the plant. Now if you had a...

averytds, yes they would dry naturally on the vine if left, but these aren't shelling beans. Also, if I leave too many on the vines then it will stop producing beans completely, and it's much too early in the season to do that. pat, for some reason my chickens aren't that interested in these...

My purple pole beans are really producing at this point and it's hard to keep up with the picking. Seems like the beans turn from "too small" to "too mature" in a day at this point! So, I have a huge basket full of beans that I just couldn't leave on the vines, but are already showing signs of...

Can you link to that thread on BYC? I want to get a pressure canner this year, too, and would love to get some advice on brands.

Hi, I just joined this board and saw this thread. I've also battled bindweed in my yard and ended up taking a similar approach to Pat's. I did not solarize with clear plastic first, instead I went straight to smothering with heavy black plastic and dark tarps. For 2 long years. This was a...