The Little Easy Bean Network - Get New Beans Varieties Nearly Free

[897tgigvib]

Keep that seedbed evenly moist and warm honeycomb, use a gentle spray of water on it. Try watering it just before the warmest part of the day.

 

[the1honeycomb]

I try Marshall. Thanks!! Right now we are getting a nice even rain daily how about some pics of everyone's beans

 

[Blue-Jay]

Hey Beymule that is so neat the beans are doing well. It seems funny to read about these seeds I sent out and how advanced they are where you live. I just managed to get all my pole beans planted yesterday and today will be the bush varieties, and some more tomato plants. It will be at least a week before I see any beans emerging from the soil.

 

[baymule]

Bluejay, it is a double edged sword. When your crops are coming in, mine will be burnt to a crisp. Your cole crops are winter crops here. The summer heat and humidity is brutal to plants, people and animals. The dogs dig holes under the deck and hibernate. I water several places for them and water several places in the chicken coop as well so they have cool earth to dig in. I'll probably have my harvest in by the time your beans start producing!

 

[897tgigvib]

Forest mice had gotten into my garden. Starting from the corner, which they never got past, they almost completely took out my patch of Wren's Egg and half of one of the small areas I'd planted some of my "unusual and dark" mixed seeds. When they started chewing those down, they cut them with their teeth just as if a tree with a chainsaw, and pull the plant to under my rooted grape rootstock. So, it became time to do something about it.

Sadly I set out almost 20 mousetraps. Yesterday one was in a trap not yet dead, and almost crying, I set it trap and all in a bucket of water with a smaller bucket over it to hold it down. I gave it 2 hours then garbaged the poor thing. Such beautiful soft fur, pretty eyes. Then this morning another one. This mouse was in the larger rat trap almost cut in half right under its heart, and I'm sure passed on very quickly. Their fur is so velvety. I never touch them of course. It ruins my day to do this! But, like last year when I got 2 also, looks like it'll be a regular thing to do.

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So, I do have more Wren's Egg to refill that patch, plus I believe I'll plant some more Black Turtle.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Hey Marshall

I certainly hope the critters quit eating your garden. I know how sad it makes me feel when something in my garden get ruined or eaten by some animal. Plus some of my work of growing seed is in your garden too. I discovered deer tracks in my newly planted bean patch Wednesday morning. I hope the deer won't find a fondness for bean pods. Especially on my pole beans.

It is sunny today, and I will plant the last 4 rows of my bush varieties. The seed of 20 varieties get put in the ground today.

 

[the1honeycomb]

these beans seem to be growing a little differently than the bush beans I have of wax beans and green beans!
are they pole beans??

 

[Blue-Jay]

Hi Honeycomb !

Just guessing, but those beans could be half runners. They might climb a bit, but not a lot like a pole bean. What variety are they?

 

[897tgigvib]

The varmint mice seem to have stopped, and the gopher i saw in once i think i harrassed out, but staying vigilant. They most got the wren's egg patch plus some of the reverse and unusuals. I replanted awhile back, in fact added a few black turtle. Sadly, one of the mouse traps got a young bluebelly lizzie.

Oh! Vermont Appaloosa is starting to open flowers and others are showing flower buds. Actually, Louisiana Red Kidney flowered youngest by one day ahead of Vermont Appaloosa. Those 2 may have a race to the fastest dry pod.

The purple seeded peas are setting golden pods real good now. I sure hope they breed true to the purple seeds.

We are having drought and heat. I do have plans for if it gets worse for next year.

 

[the1honeycomb]

Hi Honeycomb !

Just guessing, but those beans could be half runners. They might climb a bit, but not a lot like a pole bean. What variety are they?

these are the black Coco beans I got from you! should I put some stakes up? Is there something special they need??\\

:bee Just let me know!!