flowerbug
Garden Master
today i picked all of the Cha Kura Kake Soy beans today. amazingly i got more back than i planted even though they were repeatedly topped off by some creature (likely a groundhog). when i was picking i thought the pods were rather flat and that the seeds were not going to be all that well developed, but after shelling a few to see what was up they were ok. kind of a sticky texture to them if they aren't completely dry. most of the pods i picked were just starting to turn yellow a few were slightly brown, and enough were green that i boiled those for a snack of edamame for me and Mom to taste them to see if were were going to grow them again. both of us gave them the thumbs up so we'll see how i can fit them in to the garden plans for future years.
i also picked a box top of Purple Dove beans that were mostly dried and ready to come in from some of the plants that finished up. the first picking of dry beans from Purple Dove i set aside for future planting as they will be continually selected for early. i can also start doing selections for color of beans. some are much whiter than others and so those can be selected to give a mostly white bean crop for those who like whiter beans. i myself have been selecting mostly the purple beans because i like the color. other gardens are just starting to flower in the Purple Dove so they survived the hottest part of the summer ok and have been doing well in the north garden. i had Mom water them for me this morning before it got too hot out.
i also picked some of the other dry beans that were ready, Top Notch, my Reddish Pere (which i really need to come up with a better name for) and a few of the Red Ryder. also a few Hopi Lima pole beans were ready.
by the time i got the gardens picked through that i was trying to finish it was too hot for me and so the rest of the day i'll be putting up tomatoes.
i also picked a box top of Purple Dove beans that were mostly dried and ready to come in from some of the plants that finished up. the first picking of dry beans from Purple Dove i set aside for future planting as they will be continually selected for early. i can also start doing selections for color of beans. some are much whiter than others and so those can be selected to give a mostly white bean crop for those who like whiter beans. i myself have been selecting mostly the purple beans because i like the color. other gardens are just starting to flower in the Purple Dove so they survived the hottest part of the summer ok and have been doing well in the north garden. i had Mom water them for me this morning before it got too hot out.
i also picked some of the other dry beans that were ready, Top Notch, my Reddish Pere (which i really need to come up with a better name for) and a few of the Red Ryder. also a few Hopi Lima pole beans were ready.
by the time i got the gardens picked through that i was trying to finish it was too hot for me and so the rest of the day i'll be putting up tomatoes.