I'm on a borrowed generator right now. Had many mechanical problems all at once. Actually borrowed the generator to get online to get the firing order for my car. Somehow it was way off and it was not me. Bigfoot kids?
Bay, your beans are well ahead of mine! But mine are growing real well. A vole got in my garden and chopped down half of my Wren's Egg beans so I set 20 mousetraps, sadly, and replanted. The vole dragged the cut wrens egg bean plants to make a nest in the rooted grapes. Guess it got that patch because it was nearest, the rest of the garden was untouched. Sure seems like the work of a vole, that's a country mouse.
Actually, those late season star beans that i started indoors, well, some of those are actually making flowers. Those are an odd group of beans. South of the border in the copper vallies of the sierra madre, the southern part, some beans are grown in winter. Same with some corns and some peas. My guess is that this year i started them inside early enough that when put outside with the days rapidly increasing as they do in my forest clearing, that this may actually be the time of year they are supposed to bloom. Taupe Star, Brown Star one gold band, True Black Star. Blue Gold Star also looks to be making some buds. All this just as the first runners are a foot up! I think I'm figuring this bunch out! These southern sierra madre beans may just be daylength change bloomers! I didn't think such would be for any beans, but this group of them are different. They've been grown at what, 20 degrees latitude, corona beer latitude for centuries, during winter, or planted at some different part of the year.
The Kilham Goose is vining up the trellis I hastily constructed with 2 short poles and hay twine (supposed to be bush beans). The Smith River Super Speckled are getting bushy and both varieties are starting to get tiny baby bean pods. I am so excited! YAY!! BEANS! This is so much fun. Russ, will you do this again next year?? Please?
