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I went out and got the eggs, fed the chickens and dog. Checked the garden to make sure the wire fencing was still on it and it is so...

This wind is going for broke. Thank goodness we no longer have the 2 enormous trees in the front yard. They probably would have...

Said the monkey that got his tail caught in the lawn mower. Sorry, just something my dear granny used to say. The horse racing phrase...

The green beans are starting to vine and climb. It won't be long now!

This marks the official start to the 2013 green bean garden, year #4!! I planted seed 4-15-2013 and today is 4-19-2013, they are already...

That is how I do it 2 large gardens in front 65 Chickens in back! Love your beans when do you start them

If you like them crisp, you'll think they don't can well. If I remember right, you boil them for about 5 minutes for the hot pack...

I do have a couple "Freckles" Lettuce plants, still small, and looking healthy and good. The Cauliflower plant is something like 2 feet...

Marshall, at least you have something still growing! I love greens in the winter! Hey, you'll have to post pics of your mixed...

Hay BayMule, amazing phenomenon those trees around my forest clearing. Ya know how that with no trees and flat land days are shorter in...

We had a hard frost this week! The green beans are toast!!! :lau I started this post on June 13, 2012 and was already harvesting green...

I never tried to can them. I get so many in the summer, that it is a relief when they finally freeze. :lau Maybe make dried green beans...

Baymule, you said that if you cook them to long they get mushy. So does that mean they don't can well?

You gotta have that sunshine for the garden to grow. That's why mine is in the front yard, the back yard is too shady.

Hay Bay, my garden has had 3 nights that my hi lo digital told me got to 31.8. Frost isn't what's doing my garden in. The sun hasn't...