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Well @Blue-Jay some good news and bad news about network bean 'Kruger's Speckled Caseknife'. Good news is the grow out went much better this year and there were no outcrosses in the seed I saved, only one plant came true last year of the 3 plants I had. The seeds all developed very nicely as...

I'm quite relieved to know that it's from the outside in, not the other way around. After growing so many tomatoes I've become accustomed to rain being a problem at the root level from too much absorption, causing the tomatoes to split. Ground cherries do that too. I thought it might be the...

'Brutte e Buon' which translates to 'Ugly and Good' 😜 'Fagy Után' which oddly means 'after frost' in Hungarian. Contextually that phrase usually refers to fava beans, which are somewhat tolerant of frost. So it seems we have a common bean for some reason being called a fava...

It's been a year of sunflowers! 🌻 2 different species, 3 varieties of one and about a half dozen of the other. I don't recall ever making an effort to eat the seeds of sunflowers I've grown, so it came as quite a surprise when I tried one yesterday and realized how utterly delicious they are...

I think I just misunderstood @Blue-Jay , I guess what I was trying to ask was is it the excess water being taken up from the roots in saturated ground that makes the beans sprout in the pods, or the water soaking into the pods from the outside that does it? External vs internal sort of thing..

This is interesting, I didn't realize the main concern was proximity to the ground. (I really am new to growing beans I guess!) So the excessive uptake of water doesn't cause the bean seeds to sprout? I thought that was the biggest worry, the ground getting saturated with water and the...

'Bela Putersnica' 💛 She makes my heart sing. 🎶

Do you find the bush beans are much more sensitive to excess rain than pole varieties? That's my guess but I don't know, just because the plants are so much larger and might handle water better. Would you worry less about pole beans being exposed to lots of rain? I'm glad to report we have...

I thought of that one too, but given the Italian connection I guessed in that direction. A few years ago I had 2 separate people gift me with seeds for yellow crescent beans, one Annelino Giallo, one Sultan's Golden Crescent; that planting year I went to all my samples picking out what to grow...

@Blue-Jay I have a new respect for your dedication to growing beans. They're a difficult master to serve, and I'm on year 2 now of not having a great bean year. I'd think of giving up if I didn't enjoy growing them so much, it's amazing that you have persisted for all these years regardless of...

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Apparently, the law is destination landfill. Which makes sense, that channel is the lifeblood of that town. All business is tied to it so upsetting the tourists would be fairly prohibited. I once met a family there that had flown from Germany to stay at a cottage on the channel to kayak the...

I believe the boats have to check in with designated ports and register themselves with border authorities before entering Canadian waters. Probably goes both ways. I'd guess some might just wing it and take their chances, but given that at least a few of those yachts were valued at about 12...

On a lark I checked how one disposes of fish waste in Killarney, and.....it's actually illegal to dump it in the water. I thought it was strange that he waved, because that isn't etiquette in the channel, too many boats of every size and kind and too many people generally. Something was off...

Pods are finally starting to roll in in a big way. The cardboard flats are piling up with peas and beans. I've been going to the grocery store and combing the isles, filling up my cart as high as I can get it with them. One store clerk was like 'mam, do you need all those boxes?' I think she...

That's a great bean, I love it.

Annelino Giallo is my guess.

I don't have a crate for my dog either @Marie2020. This has never been a problem for me, though when he had the splenectomy I regretted that I hadn't conditioned him to one since no crate meant 24/7 oversight next to him on the floor for a month. 🤣 The main thing in the video is about how...

I got them from 2 places, Small Island Seed & Cicada. They were $1 per seed, the most costly seeds I think I've bought and that seems to be what everyone charges. It's an interesting species, but in a cold climate you have to not mind overwintering plants every year! And I, well, I mind! :lol:

Such an excellent video @Shades-of-Oregon, he sums it up so well so quickly. Cesar Milan tells a story in one of his books about a dog that had been used for fighting, well, they tried using her for fighting but she wasn't any good. So they poured fuel on her and lit a match, ghastly. She...