Bean Bed Update…
Written by Kate Petersen on July 17, 2008 – 5:26 pm -Crossposted from Monkeyfister’s place with his permission so biscuit can see it - Kate
All is good in the Bean Bed. As you can see, I’ve got all the twine trellises tied up (32 of them), and the Pole Beans are having a great time growing up them. All I need to do now, is keep them on their own strings, while the lines tighten up.
The Bush Beans are growing fine. We see the First Planting is up and running, while the Second Planting is popping up well. I plugged in some more seeds where I didn’t see germination. Now, it is time to sow Planting 3. I should be getting Beans from Planting #1 in about two weeks, and from the Pole Beans in about 3 weeks. I am still harvesting Bush Beans from the Tomatoes/Peppers bed, and just as they are done, these will be coming in.
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That is a pretty patch! My bush limas are getting ready to crop, and I have some four to five inch purple hull peas on my vines. Tomatoes will be running out of my ears, likely this time next week. When Teena sends the camera back I will get some pictures. Warmest regards, Doc.
That *IS* a pretty patch! Pole beans always seem to have a good time (yes, I know, I’m personifying them - but it’s true! They always strike me as some of the happiest of the plants, just growing away, no matter what).
Your garden is very, very nicely set up.
I’m really excited about this Bean patch. It is great Square Foot Gardening 101 bed, and it is great fun and super easy, really to get this going. I’ll get at least a bushel of Beans out of this bed before frost, and I’ve already got 8 individual serving packets in the freezer. I think that I will do a demo on canning Green Beans when some of the harvest comes in.
The Pole Beans ARE a riot– honestly, I swear that overnight, some of them untwisted themselves, and jumped over to the next string. Keeping them on their own strings until the lines tighten up after a day or two, is big fun.
–mf
They’re very lively critters, those pole beans.
It’s lovely!
OH!
ps. I have a pictoral How-To on Pickled Peppers at my place:
http://monkeyfister.blogspot.com/2008/07/pickled-peppers.html
WOOT WOO! Peppers!
–mf
I think I can read blogspot now that I have DSL.
I’ll trot over to your place as soon as I have some dinner.
Kate, it’s marking Monkeyfister as spam now!
I swear, I’m going to turn the stupid thing off!!
We’ll turn it off for a few days and see what happens. We can’t have mango and Monkeyfister locked out!
Thanks! A few days ago, it was blocking Texas Revolutionary and someone else - ? - it appears it is simply much too, um, vigorous in its pursuit of spambots.
There are other things we can try if the spammers get nutso on us.
Texas Revolutionary is a good person, as far as I can tell. Of course, I have to say that because I tolled him here. Warmest regards, Doc.