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It was weird getting up at 6:30 in my bedroom, walking down the hallway, and seeing 7:30 on the clock by the kitchen. The one in my bedroom is an expensive toy that syncs to my ipod so it was still set in standard time. :D Still made it to church on time, but barely.

Under the snow the highways in Virginia are extremely slick from the rain, freezing rain, and sleet. Today is a good day to sit at home and . . . telework.

Ground Ivy/Glechoma hederacea is a constant nuisance for me. Once in the lawn it is hard to pull out without also removing a lot of grass in the process. Another good one locally is Japanese honeysuckle, strangling fences, bushes and slow moving gardeners.

Sounds interesting. Any good URLs?

I will, hopefully, be adding these four to my already large selection: Adziki - Takara Early Runner Bean - Insuks Wang Kong Long Bean - Galante Long Bean - Sierre Madre I'm going to need to buy a lot of fencing material very soon.

I'm nightbloomincereus over at garden web. I've been a member since 2005, but mostly as a lurker, learning and occasionally trading. For now I'll retain my membership in both locations since I really do enjoy reading and reading the posts over there for nuggets of wisdom . . . those that haven't...

I'd love to get started, but even with temps above freezing my garden is still frozen solid. Still, there is time to get things growing indoors to transplant in April.

I'm on the map now. I didn't know one of you was so close!

Final results: Batch 1, 78% germination. Some seeds went moldy. Moderate germination. Batch 2, 84% germination. However, this represents all seeds left in the bag, minus a few that molded. I'm calling this 100%. Batch 3, 66% germination. Very poor outcome. These seeds may have been damaged at...

The older copies my grandmother had on a shelf got me interested in amaranth. If only I could figure out the threshing process. :/ I have 7 garbage bags full from last season.

The very article. There were lots of good articles when he was editor.

I believe so thistlebloom. I remember reading about it in Organic Gardening magazine when I was a preteen. The idea of a red cornbread seemed really cool.

There is abundant long bean seed to play with even once I give it to those I have promised it to, and the unsuspecting I will spring it on. :epThis variety produces lots of tasty, green pods. MY experience in Virginia is that it produces beginning in mid summer and keeps going until frost, but...

I have a trove of frozen Chinese Long Bean seeds in my freezer, inherited from my parents' house before they moved last year. My family has been growing this, formerly nameless variety since 1974; it was given the name Chinese Long Green by a Gardenweb member I traded it to. My fault for not...

I got a couple kinds of sorghum and some heirloom crowder peas. They arrived a month or two back shortly after I ordered online. :) Catalogue came late Friday night. Seems that online is less colorful, but offers additional selections.

I had a few small groups, but mostly nothing. My next door neighbor thinks it is because we live on a cul de sac. Lazy kids! Now I have to eat all these tootsie rolls! :)

I'm not really sure. This was the first year in a long time that I grew it and I can't remember the source. It's just a brown crowder to me.

I'm a little late to the dance. In my area I usually can't plant long beans until early to mid May. This year especially it was mid to late may since we didn't really have spring. I grew red noodle and a green one from a Chinese friend of my parents. The green one sulked, but eventually made an...

@TheSeedObsesser :D Yes, though I can't remember who I bought it from so don't have the correct name. It was an eBay purchase, most likely from Hirts Garden which I bought quite a bit from in that timeframe (mid 2000's). If it was it would be "Hirts Gold." I have killed quite a few epiphytic...

@Smart Red Where does your collection stand right now? Did you have or lose the traditional bucklei hybrid? I could send you that one or anything else I have that you find interesting in Spring.