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I gambled in a huge way re-planting the mere 30 seeds I collected from the 'Ho Lan Dao' pea starts I got at Rona's. In hindsight it was a risk I shouldn't have taken because nobody sells those seeds that I know of in CA. But, I may yet get lucky and have the plants make it to maturity. The...

All the pods I've shelled so far, as well as all the dried garden plants, got wood chipper-ed and I spread the crumbs across the beds that I thought needed them most. This is where we're at now. I'm hoping to finish the bean shelling this week and get everything through the chipper and spread...

Yah, I guess they are pretty similar!

Update with the longkeeper affairs. One of the quirky things about this season has been the longkeeper surprises. I did grow one row dedicated to that type, but others by happy surprise showed up elsewhere unexpectedly. One of them was the mini-dwarf 'Fat Frog'. This is all the more...

I am just loving this new bean, Siebenbürgen-Kärnten! It's looking pink right now, but I can see it's color shifting quickly to a salmon shade. The first pods I opened are already distinct from the latest ones I've shelled. I had a single seed left to grow this year after bombing with it last...

The 2025 beans are nearly all fully dry, just waiting on a small number of stragglers, some of the later formed runner beans in particular. I've shelled a few varieties so far, did Ocean View tonight. That is such a pretty bean, and I got almost no reverts in this batch, a dozen seeds looked...

I grew Gialet della Val Bellaluna this year too @Decoy1 and had the very same experience with it! Went from not dry to very dry quite quickly.

I DM'ed you! 👍

Made an easy supper tonight with 'garden dregs' which turned out to be very good, so I thought I'd post here. A healthy supper using end of season produce, which might need to get used up before perishing if it hasn't been canned or dried or frozen. A handful of leeks 6 potatoes 4 big carrots...

I didn't even think of that!

Almost filled up my first XL leaf bag tonight with pea & bean shells! 😌 Took me a little bit to find my stride, but once I got going all the copper bottomed thrills showed up. I've probably said it many times at this point, but the rejoicing that comes with savouring the year end seed harvest...

Is it difficult to pull out your stakes at the end of the season @Bluejay ? Or do they dislodge fairly easily? I imagine you probably drive them in over a foot? I'm wondering if the time is coming for me to switch to stakes like you have, instead of my trees. It is so much work to cut them...

Lady achieved this heel using an online course released by a trainer a few hours from me, just amazing. Most of us wanting to go into more complicated processes with our dog need hands on guidance, so that she did this on her own is wild. Of course, it helps that she has a Malinois.😂

You're done shelling all the 2025 pods @Bluejay?

Tonight I start to work at all the paper bags full of dried pods! :ya

How wonderful that you're feeling so good @ducks4you! :hugs

It's very difficult to identify beans, but I would make the guess 'Supermarconi' pole beans. The flower is even purple in the link. I would also say definitely Italian in origin, even the dried seeds. 'Rosa's' is similar as well, another Italian romano bean variety, and the seeds are a dark...

Beautiful beans! 😍 Love those half purple and half white ones!

I enjoy this account so much, my inner fact geek enjoys her knowledge and the accent only adds to the experience! https://www.instagram.com/learn.the.latin.garden/?e=ab42c7ee-dbb6-47b2-8725-3c590d6f83d4&g=5

I loved, adored even, living in a French province. The struggle to understand those around me, and integrate into the language was a singular experience I'll never forget! Songs like this bring back such happy memories!