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

[heirloomgal]

While the San Michele Rosso only has pods that are 2cm/ 1.2inch long and I am very nervous about whether it will still turn out okay, I was able to harvest the dried pods of some early varieties a few weeks ago and have already been able to obtain seeds.

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Is Graubeige a fresh eating bean or for dry use?

 

[SusanneinHastings]

So far not so much sign of beans drying down here except for the very first plant of Andikove that I put in a 5 gallon pot. 26 beans, I am almost halfway to my quota. As long as the plants in the bigger planter do as well, I will have accomplished my duty. Time for Frost to start showing signs of drying!

Kahnawake Mohawk bean surprised me with pretty pink pods this week.

 

[Artorius]

I like how you've got your bush beans kept up with lines @Artorius, I've though many times I should do something like that because almost all my bush beans fall over and mature laying sideways. I've actually wondered how bush beans got so popular because that is a really bad tendency for collecting seeds. Do you run the strings before the plants are up and have them grow up into the support?

@heirloomgal, I install the first strings when the plants begin to branch out, and the next ones as they grow. I braid the first string around the plants, the next ones just tie them around.

In the photo, Scala is only tied around. I simply ran out of string

 

[ruralmamma]

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I've been planning to make a harvesting apron for at least a year now but haven't gotten around to it. I did find one with pockets at a thrift store and wore it in the garden a few times basically to recognize all the design flaws. Hopefully it won't be like the design for the perfect purse, which has been in the planning stages for 5 or 6 years...

Right now going to the garden is a matter of seizing the opportunity when it arises. In the mornings when everyone is asleep, the dew is so heavy that I don't want to mess with beans. That means I'm usually running out after my husband gets home and never think of grabbing the phone until I'm already there. Unfortunately I usually forget to grab the garden sleeves too, which have become a necessity in the past few years.

I'm actually homeschooling a year earlier than originally planned and right now we're in the adjustment stage. My plans are to buy or build my daughter a couple of raised beds and incorporate them into her schooling in the spring. I've never pushed gardening on her but I'm hoping that given some space of her own and a few seeds of Network beans that have performed exceptionally well this year, she'll become enchanted too.

 

[Oxford]

Is Graubeige a fresh eating bean or for dry use?

Both. When they are young and still stringless, I use them as green beans but usually, I use them as dry beans.