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good luck! it has not been grown here recently and probably won't be for a year or two yet.

i don't think so. :) if you did the work in getting them stable and acknowlege where they came from before that i consider that a fitting tribute to Robert's original intentions (or at least that is how i've read any of the descriptions of him and how he was growing beans).

Victoria Brown Eyes has some form of that but the shape of the bean is different (the color is also different :) ). i've grown VBE a few different times and it seems like it would do better in a cooler climate with a longer season. one of the larger seeded varieties that don't always do so...

good for them! :)

yes, the more plain the cardboard is the better. black lettering. avoid any that is coated or shiny or has a lot of other things stuck to it. saves time to not have to peel off the tape or pry out the staples. worms love it though, hiding in all those corrugations...

... oh i really like that shape and color... :) very nice!

we did have some sparkles this morning but they didn't stick around too long once the sun was up.

i don't i'm a rebel without <something>...

we found out after we planted it that we both react to the sap. the many areas of it we have all sprout plenty of seedlings in the limestone mulch around the plants. we always have more starts than we can let grow. we're now taking out as much of them as we can get to them (we've hired...

in the teens last night F, but will be sunny and in the high 30sF today so all the snow will be melted again.

our experience is that if you don't plant it in the middle of a puddle it will do ok. we put it in some areas that do get temporarily floods in slightly raised beds and they have survived pretty well.

bush habit for all that i grew but others may get taller plants as i had a particularly tough season last year. will see what happens this year.

haha, but no, just no. i already hate changing the clock twice a year as it is. i'd rather go back to no time change at all. people who want to adjust their own personal time clocks can do so as they will.

this is a Mom story from Friday when she went off to do her care taking gig, but first on the way she stopped in at funeral home to drop off a card and to sign the guest register because she couldn't be there for the visitation later. she said that she didn't see a front door so she just walked...

snowed last night. bright out there now but it will melt the next few days...

we now have a day next week in the forecast to go above 60F. crazy talk but then again we've had flowers on strawberry plants on March 11th before so it surely could happen.

i managed to get a walk in for a bit this afternoon in the sunshine, a bit windy but it wasn't cold enough that it bothered me. felt good to get some exercise and fresh air.

primarily i grow what we will eat. i've given up on trying various other things because Mom will not eat them and so i only grow just a few things (turnips, radishes, dill) here or there for myself but not much and sometimes i don't even eat any of those. on the other leg, i do enjoy my bean...

i was so energetic this morning i went back to sleep for a while... :)

it is a waste to not compost things, especially if you figure out how much you spent on them to begin with. digging a trench and burying is a good way to do things and i'll be doing some of that this year as i did have to do it also last summer after getting rid of my worm buckets. i now have...