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I'm still working on potting the tomato and pepper seedlings and may start runner beans and those that I know will require a longer...

oh, you are right, I did not look closely enough. Well, more room on the trellises then. I assume the beans that were popular for...

Yes go ahead and post the bean list from that cook book. I think it would be interesting to see if those beans are still around somwhere.

This is Hastings, Minnesota, USA on the Mississippi River, a little south of St Paul. Not named after the famous Hastings of 1066 but...

I'm free of frosts, but the ground temperature is still a bit lower than I'd like. I should be ready to start planting out this weekend...

I used to work in a doctor's office and I can even translate the doc's writing!!!

I agree. I'm in a rural area and out of the fourteen kids in my daughter's class, a third of them have parents with drug problems...

it's all over. a sign IMO of a very sad world/society that isn't doing well.

Yes, seems likely. As everyone knows Canada is having some pressure applied to it (for good reason) in regards to the border situation...

I’m beginning to understand why England is associated with pea growing and feel humbly grateful for our comparatively mild winters and...

This is a first & I'm super shocked. They actually opened my package. Thank goodness they still sent it along and I got it alright...

We have about the same @jbrobin09 , but with typically quite heavy snow cover. That is quite demanding of the perennials I imagine...

I’m jealous! We have winter temps down to -43C (although that is only for a night or two) and typically weeks of -30C with less than 2...

you're in a place with much milder winters than what we get here. i do have pretty good luck growing Green Beauty peas into August here...

Peas are a cool weather crop though. They don’t like summer heat as they’re prone to mildew when it gets hot and dry. I grow them as an...