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We had our Seedy Sunday yesterday. Oh boy! What a day! I talked for nearly 7 hours straight, when I got home I felt like I was...

In my case, these five plants produced distinct, not very long vines. I stuck a few rods in the ground around which they wrapped themselves.

they have been large bush bean plants for me when i have grown them. they've not been super productive beans in our heavy clay soil.

Wow all your beans are beautilful ! The beans that came out of the bush plants look just like Dana's Soldier.

In my free time I will be showing my beans from 2024. Finally :) Shelleasy x Soldier network bean. I had eight plants. Five of them...

I do find the amount of nitrogen and trace minerals in the soil can also make a significant difference in bean size. Many times I've...

If those seeds were grown in 2024, the small size could be due to drought. I was sorting through my seed last week and noticed a...

Bramble is one of my problems. I have a raised bed but haven't had very much success with it l. This year I would like to plant some...

one way to deal with a really bad infestation is to dig deep holes and scrape the surface of the soil into the hole and then put a layer...

My mint plants has been planted in between the various plants in a border in my front garden just by my rose bush and wormwood bush...

Thanks for the heads-up about amaranth. I'm planning to grow it this year and will attempt to remove any seed heads I'm not using. The...

Aside from maybe mint, it is the WORST aggressive vegetable I've ever planted. Worse than tuberous sunflowers, which are bad, thistles...

I had to stop before I could complete my garden expansion last year due to a sprain that I'm still nursing. While I did more than...

I did write a little blog about it on the website, although there isn't a ton of info in there. I haven't read much, being such an...

Yes, I was just sort of thinking out loud. But your (plural) responses helped me think it out. I’d like to try out a lot of these...