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I'm growing birdhouse gourds for the first time and would appreciate any advice on growing the plants. I started them out indoors due to our relatively short growing season and transplanted them a few weeks ago and so far they appear to be doing reasonably well. When I planted them, I trained...

I was trying to learn more about the difference between 'pole' and 'runner' beans and came across this: Runner beans twine around their supports in a clockwise direction. Pole beans twine in a counter-clockwise direction. This is important to note if you are ‘helping’ the young vines find...

Sorry about the buzzard, but that's a beautiful setting! I'm an urban gardener and get a touch jealous when I see these open spaces.

I'm pretty happy overall with the germination of my network beans. For older beans, I think these are pretty good numbers. Now, if I can only keep them from the rabbits until they get established is a whole other tale... Grandma Rivera's Pole Lima - 6/8 Gabarone Sugar - 7/8 Pink Tip - 8/8...

Thanks for the information, I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to these and will share the details.

Planted my 'easy beans' last Thursday and was worried that nothing was going to sprout...today I noticed that I've got at least a couple of all four varieties (Grandma Rivera's, Gabarone Sugar, Pink Tip and Kutasi Princess) showing up in the garden plots. While I've gardened for years, this is...