2025 Little Easy Bean Network - Growers Of The Future Will Be Glad We Saved

[heirloomgal]

Bush beans! So glad I decided to still do transplants with them, I was tempted to direct seed this year. Got all the poles in now too, just a few little adjustments to be made tomorrow (aka see where else I can jam in a few more poles and plants Both thrilled and relieved to have the garden FINALLY done. And if completion wasn't victorious enough, just as I was collecting all the starter pots from the rows and putting them away as the sun disappeared I heard the yip calls of a coyote pack - that MUST be a message.

Planted some 'Ocean View' seeds yesterday as well. I find this a very early variety to mature, so I think the timing will be alright. Curious if it will throw any offtypes as it did last year.

 

[Blue-Jay]

All my offsites and backyard and around my house are all planted and up and growing. All the pole beans were a lot of work putting them in the sun every morning and bringing them back into the house. Glad they are all in the ground. Not all the pole beans made it alive. I had to direct seed a few of the poles. They looked somewhat rough when I planted them but they are coming along. Photos below.

May 11, 2025 - All seeded with potting mix.

May 19. 8 days later have been in and out of the sun for several days.

May 28. My growing family of pole beans.

June 1st. They are just days away from being planted in their permanent place.

June 6th. They were finally introduced to their summer home.

And we are in drought. No steady rainfall since the third week of July 2024. We have had two nice rains since the first day of April but they are spaced so far apart that they eventually lose their effect.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Also planted 12 varieties of semi runners and seeded a few pole beans.

Lately I've been growing Sacre Bleu every year. People keep buying it from me.

Giving Draper's Glen another try hoping that it's closer to being stable.

Semi Runner Row 4. RIo Zape in front.

Semi Runner Row 2. Karachaganak, Chickasaw, Stevenson's Blue Eye

A full row 8 poles of Louisiana. My green beans for the year.

Planted 4 poles of Iroquois Cornbread. Nearly sold all I had of this bean. What I have won't last through next winter.

I really thought the end of May would have been the end of the seed selling season but they kept coming at least one a day. This past week I still had an order every day. Two days ago a fellow from California wanted 21 packets of beans. This morning I droped off two orders at the post office.