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Garden Master
i went out to do some work on the north garden top edge where water flows down a lot more than i'd like so i'm reshaping that area to divert and hopefully split the flow of water around to either side. while standing there looking at what i needed to do next i decided to remove the Spotted Pheasant plants which were growing right along the edge i needed to work on. they had a few pods still on them but not many (they were still flowering and green).
i also had the chance to sample a green pod that was just starting to get big enough to eat. it was not the best green bean i'd ever tasted, but as a dual purpose bean it would be acceptable. so next year i'll get more of these planted and give them a proper eating green bean trial. i should have enough seeds to work with, but i've not shelled out all of them yet to know the final tally for these. still i'm happy that the few seeds i planted actually survived since they were outside the fence and they could have been trampled or eaten at any time by the deer. as usual there were new deer tracks in that garden area. sometimes i do a lot of work on an area and the deer will wander through and make a mess of things and i have to keep fixing it until the plants get better established and then the deer hooves don't make quite as much of a mess.
the north garden is normally the last garden i plant so how late these Spotted Pheasant beans have gone may not be how long they will go if planted a few weeks earlier so that will also be a part of next year's evaluation of these new beans.
i also had the chance to sample a green pod that was just starting to get big enough to eat. it was not the best green bean i'd ever tasted, but as a dual purpose bean it would be acceptable. so next year i'll get more of these planted and give them a proper eating green bean trial. i should have enough seeds to work with, but i've not shelled out all of them yet to know the final tally for these. still i'm happy that the few seeds i planted actually survived since they were outside the fence and they could have been trampled or eaten at any time by the deer. as usual there were new deer tracks in that garden area. sometimes i do a lot of work on an area and the deer will wander through and make a mess of things and i have to keep fixing it until the plants get better established and then the deer hooves don't make quite as much of a mess.
the north garden is normally the last garden i plant so how late these Spotted Pheasant beans have gone may not be how long they will go if planted a few weeks earlier so that will also be a part of next year's evaluation of these new beans.