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

[Neen5MI]

Well, I took the plunge. I'm in mid-Michigan also, and forecast says no frost for the next 8-10 days, at least. My network beans are all planted in the garden. The rest of my pole varieties will be in this afternoon. I'm unlikely to get to the edamame today, but probably tomorrow. Tomatoes and peppers were planted out yesterday!

My garden fence, with chickenwire reinforcement at the bottom, has been very effective against rabbits and deer. My greatest risk of predation is self-imposed. I hatched 4 peafowl last spring, and they didn't develop adequate flight until the garden was nearly done for the year. Very different now. Even with trimming of wing feathers, they've been hopping the 6' fence easily. So I've extended the fence several more feet into the air on the portion adjacent to their pen. Thankfully, they lack any problem solving ability, so I'm pretty confident they won't escape their enclosure and then approach the garden from a different direction.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Sunday the llth of May I set up my 192 styro cups with potting mix and seeds. I watered them the next morning and by that Firday the 16th of May they were starting to come up so I took all 11 racks outside for a day of sun. 8 hours of sun for 3 days. I brought them in by 6:00 pm (1800). The same for Saturday and Sunday. Yesterday it was so cold I kept them in all day and going to keep them in the house today also. It's cold and rainy today. Two of the beans Bill Leach (lima) and Hobb's Goose (dry) I don't think are going to come up.

 

[heirloomgal]

Looking good @Blue-Jay! Can't wait to see mine up...

 

[Artorius]

Yesterday I put 27 pole beans and 10 semi/half-runner in the sprouter. Next week I will do the same with bush beans. So far May has been terribly cold, now the weather is supposed to change.

 

[Decoy1]

The season is getting exciting. We have had drought conditions here, but with much watering I have planted out young bean plants of several dwarfs:

Grumbliai,
Resistant Cherokee Wax
Poroto Huancabamba,
Purple Dove,
Valentino
Verdolino,
Porcelain,
Mor Kristin
Dior
Gold Rush
Mogette

A couple of semi climbers:
Hopi Black
Trevio Nun

And one pole variety:
Blue Greasy Grits

More scheduled to be planted out today. With great thanks to wonderful Canadian donors.

 

[Dahlia]

The season is getting exciting. We have had drought conditions here, but with much watering I have planted out young bean plants of several dwarfs:

Grumbliai,
Resistant Cherokee Wax
Poroto Huancabamba,
Purple Dove,
Valentino
Verdolino,
Porcelain,
Mor Kristin
Dior
Gold Rush
Mogette

A couple of semi climbers:
Hopi Black
Trevio Nun

And one pole variety:
Blue Greasy Grits

More scheduled to be planted out today. With great thanks to wonderful Canadian donors.

I am so amazed at how many varieties of beans there are! Before I joined this forum I thought the only beans that existed were pinto, lentil, blk bean, kidney beans, great northern beans, and garbanzo!!!!
Are these beans all ancient or are people breeding them and making new hybrids?