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No, I checked & that one isn't in there. :( Have you grown the Minusinsk Mango variety? I was just speaking with the lady who sent it to me and she said it was incredibly good. I plan to keep my eye out for these Minusinsk varieties now!

ETA: Just read about this. Truly terrifying. https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-soils-exposed-to-glyphosate-might-also-be-harbouring-hospital-superbugs

Did my first batch of 2026 tags with the label maker tonight. Weirdly satisfying, lol. What a game changer its been to have such an efficient tool to do that task. I never enjoyed label time, until now. Its like a little game. My cutter blade inside the machine prints has gotten dull...

Lots here still shut down from the snow storm. First time for me. I've seen power shortages for a few hours, but nothing like this. School buses still can't run because there's no sidewalks. The dump trucks are out loading up with snow to lessen the size of the banks, but its a slow process...

The 2026 tomato list, after much pondering and angst, lol. I'm staggered to think I need to actually start putting these seeds in the ground in less than a week! How does the time fly like that? And it seems every year that passes, it goes even quicker. I'm debating what to do for peppers...

I'm finally done the tomato list for 2026! :celebrate I decided to grow exclusively what is the most rare. Once I decided on that criteria I was off and running. Before that lost in dreamy thoughts about all these tomatoes. And boy have I created a backlog of these over the years. It'll be...

I am not a fan of these new changes either! That dark green backdrop makes it really hard to read the notification.

I haven't grown it since 2021, but it made some very lovely pumpkin pies. ☺️

I bet she loved that!!

When I was a kid, our long time next door neighbor died of this. He was a big time gardener but was using some kind of sewage as a fertilizer. I have no idea why he thought this was a good idea. He contracted something from that which killed him. Tragic.

I'm still working on this darn tomato list. But I'm inching closer. Driving me a bit nuts is these 'Berry' tomato seeds that a woman gave me as a gift at Seedy Saturday. I remember her talking about some fellow they were associated with and their origins, but for the life of me I cannot...

It's actually kind of amazing how those seeds look just like @Decoy1 's seeds. Twins. I can only guess that maybe Purple Dove genes are rather dominant.

New word. 📝 'Thigmomorphogenesis' is a plant’s response to physical touch or mechanical stress—things like wind, rain, brushing, or even repeated handling. The term comes from Greek roots meaning “touch” (thigmo) and “form” (morphogenesis). When plants experience these stimuli, they often grow...

No, I grew Purple Dove once in 2024 and saved seeds. I had also grown Zimbabwe Stones beans that year, not far from Purple Dove. I sent some of the Zimbabwe Stones seeds to @Decoy1 and she noticed a plant that was a little different, purple I think. That was a cross that likely happened...

Actually, I may be remembering that a little incorrrectly...I think maybe it was Zimbabwe Stones that crossed with Purple Dove, and I could see the Purple Dove influence in the Zimbabwe Stones seed. It was those 2 that were growing very close to the runner bean trellis in 2024. And I think it...

Runner beans and pole beans can't cross pollinate, thankfully, the problem tends to be that while regular pole beans have low to medium attractive flowers for bees, runner beans are a very high level attraction for bees. The bees in my yard tend to be all over the runners and then start looking...

I don't do them that close either @Blue-Jay, I'm surprised they recommend planting that close together really given the size of bush plants. I for sure do 6 to 8 inches between bush plants. I probably squeeze them a bit tight between the rows, but so far it hasn't given me problems. That...

I grow a lot of beans, and I don't isolate them. I don't grow bush beans in with the poles generally, but that's it. And I've seen very few crosses. The few times I've seen it, it tends to be regular beans growing in proximity to my runner beans, the bees wander off from the runners and...

Even better news for you @Heliena, the chart that provides that distance I think is outdated or something. Because when you look at the bean seed saving page it says this - Spacing Requirements Plant bean seeds about 2-3″ apart. Space rows 12-36″ apart. Garden spacing is the same whether...