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Weather here has been a rollercoaster ride this season. May and June were cool and we had so much rain and flooding. That was followed by an almost two-week stretch of 90°+ weather and extreme drought for the second year in a row by the end of August. So far we've only had a total of 1/4" of...

Absolutely no dew this morning, so I went to work on the beans after I tended the chickens. Our area is classified as being in extreme drought once again but rain is expected for the next few days. Picked the last handful of pods from four varieties in the dry bush bed and went back a few...

Also I may have been mistaken about Avalon being a pole variety as the pods bearing the blue/black seed are the ones choking my tomatoes and reaching out to the fence. All of the striped seed were harvested at bush height and when I attempted to go through the tangle of vines, there's one plant...

So I'm safe to assume that the Avalon seed I planted was F1 since these variations are appearing now? I agree. The only difference is that the seed in the second picture all came from pods that were completely purple and I will plant them separately next year to see if the purple pods carry to...

Sorry, but still more questions. If a particular plant has entirely different offspring than the seed planted, am I correct in assuming that cross happened in a prior year? If there's an occasional pod showing different traits/appearances on an otherwise normal plant, that could be a result of...

I've been shelling a few dried pods every morning in an effort to be prepared for the mad rush of pods that are ready for harvest. Of course that brings about a few questions. So when you have two or more distinct seed variations, I assume the goal is to return those that resemble the original...

Somewhat. My goal for the fall is to have all beds cleaned and mulched with a thick layer of shredded leaves, but we shall see. I'm always guilty of starting more plants than I need, but that means I always have extra to sell or give away. I always say I want more flowers but other than a few...

Beans because they're the only thing the @#$& varmits haven't bothered this year.

Same here! I harvested my first Arlington Red Cranberry pod last evening and was so elated!

A few pictures from last week: Ma Williams is a standout variety due to those vibrant pink 6-inch pods. Garden is approximately 30' from the driveway and the UPS guy was astonished to discover he was seeing bean pods and not a vining flower like he first assumed. Majority of these pods have...

I'm second-guessing the Coal Camp beans as I'm now suspecting they could possibly be the September Blue. I reserved a few of the original seeds as backup and pulled them out today and though similar, the Coal Camp just isn't that vibrant. To make matters worse, I looked the variety up from a...

I was holding off on ordering a book from Ireland due to the tariffs and now I've discovered that the seller has halted all deliveries to the US. Sad times indeed. Blue Tip and Otis/Ottis Stuart are pretty much finished. They were the first to produce and I've harvested a fair amount of seed...

The purple-podded George Washington Fall bean. Still a week or two from harvest.

I've been planning to make a harvesting apron for at least a year now but haven't gotten around to it. I did find one with pockets at a thrift store and wore it in the garden a few times basically to recognize all the design flaws. Hopefully it won't be like the design for the perfect purse...

I'm really lacking on getting photos of the network beans. Seems every time I go to the garden I never have my phone. Happy to say that with any luck, I should be able to harvest seed from every network variety. Rio Zape should be ready by the end of the month unless we get a surprise frost...

Yes please! No hurry to send the seed though as I'm sure we'll have other varieties to swap at the end of the season too. :D @flowerbug, I have the same variation in seed. Can still send you a picture of I ever locate a ruler. :oops:

While I've been harvesting a few varieties for seed, I foresee this week as the beginning of a harvest explosion! No more harvesting with a shirt tail full of one variety and a different variety in each hand. It's time to bring out the brown lunch sacks so I can harvest without making multiple...

I've grown Trionfo Violetto for probably five years now. It might be a day or two, but I'll take a picture of my seed.

My flat was getting full, so I shelled the Blue Tip beans from last week to make room for the new pods to dry. Seven seeds per pod and so many more to be harvested. I have officially given myself permission to sample this variety as it's still producing and looks like I'll have plenty of seed.

My Meerbarbe pods aren't purple. All pods seem to be green with a bit of reddish/purple blush. Will have to go back and observe those plants again as it's possible one of the other varieties has crept over and is climbing with it. I read somewhere that temperatures influence the seed color...