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Pictures are from 10 days ago so add a foot to the corn and flowers and double the size of most everything else! Above average temps which makes for warm nights have really pushed this zone 4 garden.

8 pm looking across the water tank and tiger lillies onto the north half of the garden.

Sunflowers dry beans corn in the south 1/2 of the garden

Thanks for that info steve. Ill have to make time and look at them.

The Crimson Cushion has been my choice for the beefsteak last season and failing to start another variety, it will be for this year also. Not sure if it is considered a heirloom but it is open pollinated. It seemed to mature late last year but the weather had some to do with that. Love them...

Im trying new bush varieties with Table King acorn squash, Buttercup Bush squash and Great Northern dry beans. So many seeds-not enough gardens.

Looling forward to trying these dry beans. Soooooo many varieties! Trying a southern cowpea for the first time too.

I am trying two new dry bean varieties that are haled to be Mandan Hidatsa Arikara originals. One being Great Northern bush from Victory seeds and another being Hidatsa Shield pole from Seed Lover on E bay. Also growing other North Dakota originals like Souix and Sheyenne tomatoes and Sunshine...

I have the fortune of having a basement that stays cool and has a good western exposure for afternoon sun. After the second leaf appears on both tomato and pepper seedlings, I re pot and move them to the racks I built in front of two west windows in the basement, add a 48 inch fluorescent...

Heres a short but sweet site with some info on this subject www.seedsave.org

From what I understand the southern pea has played a major role in feeding people for many years in this country and its history intrigues me. Living in the northern plains Ive only seen them on tv (with Fergi):lol: and several times on my dinner plate at the eatery. In the quest of looking for...

some vegetable seeds are easy to save where others take a little more involvement. cole crops take two seasons to grow viable seeds along with carrots and beets and then only one of each variety should be grown in one garden space. And that later rule of one variety,one garden also applies to...

I got bored with my vegetable garden several years back and my interests have turned to seed saving and as of this spring I will have 40 varieties of 28 different vegeis. Ive put a lot of time into my garden with raised bed and irrigation to mention a few of the improvements. All my plants are...

You might try cow peas or cowpeas Try doing a search with those words. I have been looking for a good northern variety. Not sure they have one but i have read most do good in the northern and dryer western climates too. long as you have a long enough season.