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On that note, last frost is a week away!!! I am swearing to myself that I won't start my beans until the 18th, so that I am planting out no earlier than the 25th. I could have the discipline to go measure and record soil temps too... Beating back the "But I could put it under a cold frame"...

I find that my wandering and moseying is my super power in the garden. Being able to take my time and look at everything and notice things and quietly tend and touch everything at least once, means that I am really in tune with the garden, and I spend my energy where I am motivated, so I get...

What's your favorite mulch? We have arborists chips and so... so many leaves. I am hesitant to put wood chips right up against my annuals.

You’re not alone in that. ♥️

This is almost exactly my experience. I was a single mom for a time and remember thinking there was no way I could do it, having no breaks from my daughter. But turns out, when I pulled her out and started raising her myself without the stress of pre-school (that's as far as we went) I was...

It's been busy busy busy waking up the homestead, I just broke ground on our first beds yesterday. There are still places in the yard with snow, but we are well on our way to last frost. It feels so weird that I still have a whole 3/4 weeks before I can plant beans. Thankfully my quail projects...

I do think I can contact the teacher from the school though, she may know more.

This is the bean, they had it labeled as a bush bean. Theres also a woman's name here, but I haven't been able to come up with anything. Excuse the lighting of my fish tank.

I went to my local library's seed swap today and was surprised to see that a local school is growing and breeding beans! Some varieties I recognize from Jay's website. There were a couple others too, last year there weren't any fun beans. I got to listen to an old permaculture farmer talk about...

Lol Similarly before the 2024 garden season I only had a 2x4ft community garden bed, and I am baffled looking back at what I got out of that tiny bed.

This is good information that seems to be echoed other places, so if anything I aught to give my Scarlet Runners their own spot, and dont worry so much about the rest.

Shoot, you’re right! I have an old printout for quick reference that must more generalized. Gosh I could fit so many beans. Exciting.

Thats comforting. Thankfully Im only working with common beans, and one runner. I’ve never had any crosses happen before. It seems I may be over thinking it! The seed savers exchange recommends 10ft distance, but it seems like it’s harder to get them to cross than to keep them from doing so. I...

@Blue-Jay your beans arrived safe and sound today! I appreciate your dedication and attention to detail with the network beans. My 8y/o daughter insisted on being the one to open the box. Not sure which of us is more excited for spring. ♥️ On another note, man… I was looking back through last...

For what it's worth, I acquired this bean this year and when doing my homework I drew the same conclusion.

I’ve seen you mention the Zinnias a few times, do you find that the beans planted along the Zinnias do better overall? I’ve grown beans for all of my gardening years but have shifted my study to planting a supportive garden around my food garden recently. Flower gardens and the finer details...

Maybe my mistake was ordering green house plastic for my cold frame... we got two feet of snow in two days. After a warm spell last week I thought "Maybe when it gets here, I'll actually be able to shovel out and work on the green house." That would be overwhelmingly false..... The hubby is...

Gonna post this one in a stroke of bravery, its a bit of a pep talk for myself. It's mid February. I successfully let seed starting and seed ordering come quicker than I realized. I dread watching the clock/scratching off the days for anything, so I was pleasantly surprised when I realized that...

Not a bad note! Gotta make some room so they don't crowd the tiny transplants anyway.

<3 I'm a bit of a soil nerd, and if I have learned anything, its that the solution to 99% of soil problems is more organic matter, and not leaving the soil uncovered. Good soil is the work of microbes, and microbes can't survive well and do their job unprotected. Arborists chips (plain...