A Seed Saver's Garden

[heirloomgal]

I could just see some eyeglass adjusting nerd interrupting a child's "Jack and the Beanstalk" play performance with corrections that split hairs about fava beans.

This is so on point!

eta: Funny that almost 10 years ago my kids and I created a little portable theatre set up so we could perform Jack and the Beanstalk for my sister as her birthday gift, at her house. We had all the characters on giant popsicle sticks, and we made a huge cardboard castle with accessories. It was so much fun, though our performance together was not without many technical stops and glitches. Lots of fun and laughs ensued. Who knew the story would play a new role in my life years later!

 

[heirloomgal]

As I think I said before, the original beanstalk was probably supposed to be a broad, or fava, bean plant. Those WERE in England since time immemorial. Plus, sine favas grow straight up without support, it actually fits the legend better.

Actually, you've got a point here about the fact that the pole beans would be on a sturdy support he'd have to climb. I didn't think about that. But now that I am, it it sort of makes sense to me that a giant is climbing a big support structure, and not a plant...... King Kong 1.0?

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Actually, you've got a point here about the fact that the pole beans would be on a sturdy support he'd have to climb. I didn't think about that. But now that I am, it it sort of makes sense to me that a giant is climbing a big support structure, and not a plant...... King Kong 1.0?

But that's sort of the point, the beanstalk ust GROWS overnight, and Jack an climb it in the morning. If there was already a support structure going up into the clouds, don't you think they'd NOTICE it, and have investigated it before? The bean's magic is in growing fast and huge, not making wooden frames appear out of nowhere.

And it it was a bush bean, Jack would never get a chance, the lateral growth would have crushed his house with him and his mom in it, along with probably half the town!

Whereas a Fava bean plant is basically a pillar, and grows upwards needing NOTHING to prop it up. The leaf petioles would make dandy things to climb up on.

 

[ducks4you]

Would that you could be like Alice and "eat me" cake that would shrink you to a size where you Could climb it.

 

[flowerbug]

yeah, fairy tale, eat a cake and shrink...

 

[Zeedman]

As I think I said before, the original beanstalk was probably supposed to be a broad, or fava, bean plant. Those WERE in England since time immemorial. Plus, sine favas grow straight up without support, it actually fits the legend better.

That was my thought too. It's not Jack and the bean vine.

 

[Zeedman]

Now eating a bean and flying, that I could believe.

 

[heirloomgal]

That was my thought too. It's not Jack and the bean vine.

Hahaha, true! But! Who looks at a wimpy, pale green, 3 foot fava plant and thinks, "Yes - this is the kind of plant a giant would climb!" This is where pole beans come in. Those viney beasts are truly fit for giant climbers!

 

[heirloomgal]

yeah, fairy tale, eat a cake and shrink...

This is a great catch @flowerbug , I had to read it 3 times before it clicked.....