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My friend Scott wrote this article, I thought everyone would enjoy to see his pictures and read his piece...

The first year I grew Grandma Gina's fully half of the pods sprouted seeds inside. Ever since if I grow a really fleshy variety there...

this year was certainly the sweetest tomatoes i've ever grown. i didn't water them at all the last month and lost a lot due to...

We had frost on the rooftops of the houses around me this morning 41 degrees F 5 C, but nothing down near ground level. My snap beans...

Frost warning tonight and Coal Camp is the only bean left. Picked all the pods that felt spongy and covered it, hoping for the best.

I think Gopher is not stable yet. Don't worry about sending any back this year. Grow them again next year. Gopher and Cleopatra came...

Did anyone else grow Gopher this year? It’s supposed to be light brown with slightly darker brown speckles and I got some of those but...

@Oxford The source of my Schneebone seeds is the Deaflora store. German shop, German name, so I assumed the bean came from Germany. When...

I'm still waiting on Coal Camp and Autumn Zebra but otherwise bean season is finished. Our first frost date is predicted to be the 14th...

I have grown Ohio Pole and also grown it under the name Miami Ohio which is apparently the same bean...

It's funny you mention the Rose bean, because the pods you describe them having are exactly like my Ohio Pole, squishy and large. And...

@Oxford, If I didn't know better, I would swear the photo of your True Red Cranberry was actually my Arlington Red Cranberry as my...

When I grew True Red Cranberry two years ago, I also had this problem. Not all the seeds colored properly. It was similar with the Low's...

@Oxford, beautiful beans! I've also gotten some amazing blues from Nona Agnes, Meerbarbe and September Blue this year. The few days of...

I'm relieved that frost risk is out of the picture for the next week at least. Gives me a break from moving my last poles in and out of...