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

[SusanneinHastings]

we're still getting enough cool nights that with the wet weather i'm not wanting to put anything out yet (which is normal for any warm weather plants).

the part that is bugging me right now though is that i haven't even gotten the peas planted and it doesn't look like i'll get to that this week either.

We are dry, dry, dry here. One of my colleagues at work put in his tomatoes this weekend but I am still being cautious. Also I haven’t had time to move the tomato trellis yet!

I have only once managed to get the peas in at the right time, when I planted them in a giant pot on the driveway. This year I am trying the British “loo roll” method. We will see if it works. Central Minnesota doesn’t really have a spring window for peas, we go from freezing to 80s/90s in two weeks lots of years. Like this one.

 

[flowerbug]

i did get the peas planted yesterday. no beans planted yet.

 

[heirloomgal]

I saw three rabbits today while out doing errands in my neighbourhood. Yikes. Hopefully the weasels, foxes and coyotes will balance things out.

This year I'm holding back on planting beans in pots until mid - May, given how cold it still is. Time to start getting some poles cut down. I'm quite behind this year in getting the garden ready because of the late spring, and then all that snow created so much moisture. I still can't walk in the garden it's so wet and mucky.

 

[ruralmamma]

So far I've only started some runner beans in pots and need to do the same with Hyacinth beans. Voles are still a major concern as I still haven't managed to trap one but cats have been earning their keep. Told hubby that I needed his help in getting the fence up around the expansion from last year and then I'll finalize my planting plans.