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Got a neat new bean called 'Jersey Pole'. Looks like a brown Vaquero. Planning to grow it this summer.

I guess you really do live in a climate that is considerably warmer than mine @Blue-Jay, to get the tan coloring. Mine were so blue, but Bela is a later maturing bean and we were getting cooler weather for sure in September. Illinois is probably still quite hot at that time. I sent a couple...

I took a class on this sport and knew it wasn't for me, mega speed and big trees seems a bad mix to me. Lol Maybe skijoring, but not the sled. But this is my trainer, I'm shocked the dogs didn't just keep going 🤣 🤣 🤣 darn Eurohounds

I have thought a great deal about this topic, for both plants and animals. With the animals, and I think of dogs when I say this, the current estimate is between 15,000 - 40, 000 years worth of selective breeding. There's a lot to appreciate, and marvel at, with what we've achieved in terms...

I grew Badda Nera last year too @Blue-Jay and had the same results, poor. It was also really, really late. Way too late for my climate but like your plants, my vines were huge, vigorous and healthy. Just not much seeds. I'm letting it go for that reason.

Yes, that's why. The Canada postal system (and probably many European countries as well) are no longer able mail parcels into the US, because the new tariff system requires a 3rd party. The only role the post office plays now in mailing parcels to the US is as a drop off point. Before these...

I'm not sure if you've heard yet @Blue-Jay but there is - possibly - some good news on the horizon for bean shipments. The friend who helped me get my package to you received an email today from the Zonos team (the App I had to use to deal with the new tariffs and shipping rules to the U.S.)...

Yes, that was exactly what they looked like.

I agree, that bean is staggeringly pretty. I need to start vacationing in Latvia if this is what their beans are like!

I'm envious of these great prices! I do find the cost of sweet peas here astronomical if you aren't buying them off racks at the hardware store. I near fell over last night when I saw these - https://sowlocalseeds.ca/products/esme-rowena-sweet-pea-seeds-50 And there is a tomato offered that...

Yes, sweet peas have always done well for me. ☺️ My thought about Queen Anne's Lace wasn't to grow it, it was the fact that I want to try and plant some carrots for seeds and the carrot plant flowers can get cross contaminated by the flowers from the Queen Anne's Lace. That plant (weed) was...

Been seed shopping a lot in the last week, good times. I've come to the conclusion that my seed purchases for any given year are all whim based. I find myself ordering things that had not even crossed my mind to grow, until I saw the photo on a website. Melons for instance. And tonight, I...

Oh my gosh they tasted like dirty sand!!

This is incredible @Alasgun, you've literally perfected the art of home storage for carrots. This is an enormous help!! I'm glad to know that it is somewhat of a complex science to get it right and prevent the roots rotting, because I was feeling like quite the failure to throw out so many...

Wow, thank you so much for this info @Alasgun. I had no idea that perforated bags were important, I definitely did not do that with my carrots. This is fabulous info, 32 degrees with high humidity. I'm guessing that its working well for you with the fridges means that air movement is not...

Well, 2 more new species on the horizon for 2026. Though I'm not actually much of a melon person, I decided to grow one this summer. I do like a nice watermelon, like Cream of Saskatchewan or Yellow Doll, but Cucumis melo varieties have never tasted good to me. Passable at best. That we...

It's definitely something I'm thinking of considering @Decoy1. It is definitely coolest directly on the cement floor, and the basement in general is certainly cooler than upstairs. If I stored them in a single layer in sand right on the floor, in something long and shallow I just might...

Have you checked out the photo settings in the phone @Blue-Jay ? There might be various light settings, or even a brightness adjuster in the photo gallery settings? I was actually on your website last night @Blue-Jay because I'm going to purchase some beans this year I think instead of do...

Purple Dove was like that for me. And while I really like that bean, I'm not crazy about that type of growth. I wound up sticking in a bamboo pole next to the longest plant and tying it to the stick, and it still refused to wrap itself on there.

I am utterly thrilled that today I was able to find some 'Gniff' carrot seeds! :celebrate