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All the 2025 network beans are up and growing, and now I wait until Friday to plant them in the gardens. Tomorrow night the temps go to...

So I changed course a little with the bean plans, and decided to put the bush bean transplants in today. I'll be so busy tomorrow doing...

It's official! All Network beans are either in the ground or in pots awaiting planting. Been a very wet and cold spring.

Yesterday I direct sowed a fresh eating snap bean called Marona that is new to me; it's supposed to be able to take the heat of summer...

Sunday i almost finished planting the newest bean garden (which is the ex strawberry patch). i'd grown beans in this garden before, but...

Several years ago a friend gave me a selection of homegrown lettuce seedlings for my birthday, and one plant in particular stood out...

Yes, it definitely does. Seedlings with 4" long roots are less vulnerable to high temperatures that can kind of bake the top couple of...

i was very happy today to finally get back to bean planting and so i was able to finish up planting one of the gardens by selecting a...

Interesting, but they seem to have a lot of wasted space - or am I misunderstanding something? And having looked up tobacco float...

So many good dishes using dried beans...I really like a white bean 'hummus', where you don't use raw garlic but instead roast a whole...

The design of the Winstrip trays is to maximize air pruning of the roots so the "waste" spaces around each cell is to get more air to...

I've just acquired several varieties of beans to grow. Typically grew up with the canned bean products so I've no clue how to best show...

not really as i like them all. :) most beans are similar in flavor, but they can be distinctive enough in both flavor and texture that...

I think most beans can be used interchangeably for the most part. I like larger seeded beans in soup and stew, and tend to use smaller...

Found a weirdo. These are probably lucky.