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Me: I wonder if these red carrots will stay red in the steaming pot, or lose the color? And if they do, will they actually taste good cooked? Me after eating them: Ok, I may never grow anything but red carrots again.

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The 2025 bean update for you @Blue-Jay! I went through everything tonight and got a handle on what's what. This year's package will include the following beans (network beans from both this year and last year). I plan to ship these when you return from your trip, hopefully the Zonos App is...

This once happened to me in a huge outdoor sports complex/field area. Unlike the dog in the video... my dog was a very bad boy. The moment he looked down and saw the harness had slipped off his body his eyes lit up like firecrackers and he was gone in a flash. 'Keep away' with his own body was...

It's a stretch but I admit I kinda see that too now that you said it. 😂

Oh this is interesting @Triffid. Ya know, I was surprised when I google searched it and then google AI searched it because I got Atlas from @Artorius and has assumed it originated in Poland. So when the search results turned up the Burpee company I thought maybe I assumed wrong on that. And...

It is truly a marvel to me how utterly delicious these are. Just so good, and thankfully they're high in fiber because it would be very easy for me to eat too much. Feeling full from a small amount really helps. I have to restrain myself though at the 'selecting which tubers to cook' stage...

I really messed up this year with photos of the beans. 🫣 I waited too long to get to it and now I'm struggling to take pictures in the low, poor quality sunshine of fall - when there actually is any sunshine! And in the cold too. So, lesson learned. Take the photos in summer when I can be...

Successful & not so successful adventures in winnowing. 🌬️ I made quite a few mistakes with how I proceeded this year with the few that needed this. Waiting until now to do this was the big one. I really crumbled the very dried lettuce stalks 👇too much, and am now left with lots of bits I...

@Decoy1 I didn't realize that you were such an avid lettuce grower! I would love to know your favorite varieties, lettuce is just so wonderfully diverse. If I had a longer season I would really move in the direction of lettuce seed saving, because I do enjoy eating those fresh leaves so much...

This fall I've felt a little more burn out than the usual post seed processing & harvest, post fall garden clean up slump. Realistically, it was a super busy summer and every single day had a calculated purpose or plan, there was not a single down day. DD's bubbling enthusiasm for free diving...

I finally did a count on this years number of bean varieties. 🥳 This is always somewhat thrilling because from start to finish when it comes to growing I don't keep track of numbers, I just plant 'em and hope I can find space. (That's probably a bad strategy, but hey, so far it's worked! lol)...

This whole 'gen' language among the teenagers is interesting to me; as many times as my kids explain to me what each one is I just can't remember it. When DD and DS were first mentioning this 'gen alpha' thing I was like, is that a sports team?? I can't seem to even remember which gen I am. lol

Yes, 100% true to type. I think I grew 4 plants altogether. In your climate, do you find these a fairly easy to mature bean even if a bit late?

So that's where the navy reference comes from! Wow, all this time I had no idea! That is the neatest historical tidbit.

Been thinking about seed vaults lately. 🤔 I really do wonder what the percentages are in public opinion for and against Svalbard? I feel like in the beginning there was mixed feelings, some was definitely positive. But now that almost 20 years has passed I wonder what the tally is. I feel...

That's my association with the pea reference as well, the small white Navy beans. But I have grown the Inca Pea bean too, so I've come to have that connection as well. I'd guess with the Navy beans they get the pea title because they're comparable to whole dried peas for cooking, similar look...

It was such a pleasure this year to grow the 'St. Anthony' bean. So grateful to you @Decoy1 because that bean has been on my wish list for a long time, and I was quite convinced fate would likely not arrange it. It was a stunning plant, just enormous. The seeds are really, really lovely. I...

Are pea beans different than regular beans in some regard? Is the term pea meant to denote a particular kind of use?

Interesting to know that you grow Autumn King and Amsterdam with good results, maybe I shouldn't write them off yet. They were both fairly small for me, with skinny bottoms and much bigger tops. They were Thompson & Morgan seed packets I think, not typical carrots grown in my area. Maybe...