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These are not all the beans I have to grow, but they're a fun representation of what I received recently.

Some more recent bean mail. This is a beautiful bean I ran across about two weeks ago. From a grower in Pescadaro, California. The...

my method is to give orders (that others laugh at me is a whole different issue :) )... yesterday i finished going through some more...

I had a similar experience with peas in 2020 @Blue-Jay . I planted peas in early May, a full month before the typical day for planting...

The way this weather has been this month of April. One day like summer the next day like winter again. We could be in for a tricky May...

I usually have them in the ground by now but we've had too much rain. I actually had the best luck with peas purely by accident. I...

i'm so ready to grow some beans this year but it is still too early according to the weather forecasts we still have chances of...

I will be pulling up some 36" landscape fabric soon. Never thought about reusing it around the beans. Thanks for the idea!

Has nothing to do with my tiller width. I am using 48 inch wide weed barrier fabric this year. So I want to have a little open soil so I...

@Blue-Jay, is there a specific reason for the 53-54" between rows or is that just the width of your tiller/cultivator? Trying to...

I try not to rely on digital copies as I've had hard drives and devices fail and lost many, many things. I'm probably overly redundant...

I’ve used the same kind of labels and found them to be both waterproof and sun proof, and in a few cases I’ve used them for a few years...

Will the sun fade those tags to the point where they can't be read. Might not be a bad Idea to do a word processing file and type out...

I saw this article too, in my instagram feed. Haven't read through it all yet, just a cursory glance, but seems to bring up some...

Agreed! They should be grown, and then saved, and, if they cross pollinate, you can have you own by product.