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Sky tonight was really gorgeous, impossible to catch on a camera. But this was the vague flavor. My first cover crop of rye & oats has not turned out quite as I imagined it. It did grow well, and tall. Then we discovered that the guinea pig herd are wild for the fresh grass, as is Tucker...

Interestingly, my experience with Pink Tip Greasy was similar to my grow out with the 'Custodia' bean of Spain. Only Custodia was a little more successful in drying up a few mature pods. But still, this bean seems way too late for me. Like Pink Tip lots of the pods were simply empty, likely it...

Ok I'm going to wait until your back to send the box. There will be a fair bit in there considering I'm sending back some of last year's network beans too. I will update you when I mail it. There are a couple network beans this year that I will need to regrow to send next year (4 I think)...

I should clarify about what my friend experienced with Zonos, I don't want to give the impression she mailed the seeds and they didn't get there. I feel pretty sure that anything I mail will arrive okay. The problem is the Zonos app where you have to register your package for mailing, you...

Memories of the 'Shirley' poppies this summer.... I had no idea that a single poppy variety could have so much diversity in it and still be a single variety. I'm surprised how much I enjoyed them, and the long blooming time they had (probably because of crowding). In the end I saved some...

Happy to hear it @Blue-Jay! Always such a pleasure when a late maturing bean variety turns out so nice, and you get lucky with the weather! I am officially done shelling absolutely everything and it feels darn great. I did the last ones late last night and everything is in jars. All things...

I am gonna guess she likes to bury goodies! That looks to me like a nose to push dirt over what she's hiding. That, or she has a bit of 🐷 in her soul and likes to root around for nice stinky smelly things....

I have always relished the process of shelling beans too. This year though I tried something different, packing the pods into paper bags when dried and setting them aside. I thought this was a good idea for 2 reasons, one that I could be fully sure that the beans are deeply dried to ensure the...

I've been shelling for days. Hours every evening; it's both satisfying & tiring at this stage. And it wasn't even a super great bean year, nothing like 2023 was. Feeling extremely grateful though because pests gave me a run for my money, it was a possibility my main garden got wiped out by...

One of the most delicious uses for dried tomatoes I've tried yet. 👇 I always served it on hot noodles, with a bit of extra cheese on top. It is sooo good! I need to make this again actually, it's been too long, thank you for the memory refresher! :hugs...

Well this is interesting @Alasgun, until you posted I had no idea that parsley roots were not supposed to look like that! :lol: I honestly thought this was the correct to form, I guess because I've never grown them before. Wow, I can see from google images that they are supposed to look like...

I am beyond thrilled with this carrot, 'Kyoto Red'. The dropping temperatures are causing them to darken and the transformation is pretty fab. And they are still SUPER juicy, and still have those fruity notes. I agree with Baker Creek, these may just be the best carrot ever. I need to buy...

I've not seen formation like that before, maybe the odd time. What do you think caused it?

Was it closest ancestors or closet ancestors??

I shelled the 'Stanley' bush bean pods tonight. That was a truly stellar green bean, a standout of 2025. And it stood out again as a sheller - it nearly drove me to madness. Those itty bitty pods all dried & suctioned onto the itty bitty seeds. There is no kind of bean more tedious to shell...

One of the things that has been a major surprise to me since joining TEG is how common it is for people in the US to have backyard birds. It doesn't seem to matter the state either, but rather a cultural condition. To some extent I envy it, not that I need any more responsibilities than I...

Waiting for the nice weather next week to get some tulips in the ground. Last year I got red with white edges, this year I did a 50/50 split of midnight purple and bright yellow varieties. I really dislike digging in freezing cold soil so that little blip of warmth will get taken advantage of...

Nothing haunts me like the plants I didn't buy......

The 2026 plantings are in the works, you're a true gardener, the garden is in you as much as you're in it! @digitS' ;)

I wish I had gotten a picture of them freshly shelled, they've lost a bit of brightness in the last month sitting dried, but my crop of network bean 'Blaugraue' this year has been really good. Complete turnaround from last year's feeble attempt. Such a fabulous bean variety, productive, so...