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this morning there were three large deer out back wandering around and trying to get back out. apparently they can't remember how they got in to begin with? Mom was watching them and giving me moment by moment updates. i had to ask her to stop telling me because the last time we had deer out...

good luck! it has not been grown here recently and probably won't be for a year or two yet.

i don't think so. :) if you did the work in getting them stable and acknowlege where they came from before that i consider that a fitting tribute to Robert's original intentions (or at least that is how i've read any of the descriptions of him and how he was growing beans).

Victoria Brown Eyes has some form of that but the shape of the bean is different (the color is also different :) ). i've grown VBE a few different times and it seems like it would do better in a cooler climate with a longer season. one of the larger seeded varieties that don't always do so...

good for them! :)

yes, the more plain the cardboard is the better. black lettering. avoid any that is coated or shiny or has a lot of other things stuck to it. saves time to not have to peel off the tape or pry out the staples. worms love it though, hiding in all those corrugations...

... oh i really like that shape and color... :) very nice!

we did have some sparkles this morning but they didn't stick around too long once the sun was up.

i don't i'm a rebel without <something>...

we found out after we planted it that we both react to the sap. the many areas of it we have all sprout plenty of seedlings in the limestone mulch around the plants. we always have more starts than we can let grow. we're now taking out as much of them as we can get to them (we've hired...

in the teens last night F, but will be sunny and in the high 30sF today so all the snow will be melted again.

our experience is that if you don't plant it in the middle of a puddle it will do ok. we put it in some areas that do get temporarily floods in slightly raised beds and they have survived pretty well.

bush habit for all that i grew but others may get taller plants as i had a particularly tough season last year. will see what happens this year.

haha, but no, just no. i already hate changing the clock twice a year as it is. i'd rather go back to no time change at all. people who want to adjust their own personal time clocks can do so as they will.

this is a Mom story from Friday when she went off to do her care taking gig, but first on the way she stopped in at funeral home to drop off a card and to sign the guest register because she couldn't be there for the visitation later. she said that she didn't see a front door so she just walked...