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Garden Master
Bean looking for me?
You can find me for quite a few hours each week, sitting on a bucket picking green beans. Bean at it for awhile.
First there was that bed of Jade beans that were sown in June. Guess what? They are back! Sometimes, the spider mites move in on the older bean plants. Despite all the problems I had with mites in the dahlias during the hottest weeks of summer, there aren't many in the vegetable garden. There aren't all that many beans in the second crop but a 3 gallon bucket here and a 3 gallon bucket there, adds up to a harvest.
Then, the peas were taken out in July and that bed was replanted to beans. They are coming on strong. That succession is important to me and something I've bean doing for years! The pea seed doesn't go in early in my chilly spring garden. However, when those peas began to fail - out they come! If the bean seed goes in by July 15th, I've got lots of sitting on buckets time in September. Sometimes it will have frosted by now and my bean succession will fail but it doesn't happen too often. One thing, bean plants can take rain & wind & cold and go right ahead and mature their green beans.
Now, I've just gotta time this right so the weather isn't bad when I'm out there sitting on a bucket! Earlier this week, I somehow thought that a predicted high of 77f would mean a pleasant morning. Didn't happen! Wind gusts above 15mph and temperatures between 49 and 60 until afternoon meant some cold pickin' for me with nothing but a lightweight shirt . . ! No more of that! I've been wearing flannel since!
Steve
You can find me for quite a few hours each week, sitting on a bucket picking green beans. Bean at it for awhile.
First there was that bed of Jade beans that were sown in June. Guess what? They are back! Sometimes, the spider mites move in on the older bean plants. Despite all the problems I had with mites in the dahlias during the hottest weeks of summer, there aren't many in the vegetable garden. There aren't all that many beans in the second crop but a 3 gallon bucket here and a 3 gallon bucket there, adds up to a harvest.
Then, the peas were taken out in July and that bed was replanted to beans. They are coming on strong. That succession is important to me and something I've bean doing for years! The pea seed doesn't go in early in my chilly spring garden. However, when those peas began to fail - out they come! If the bean seed goes in by July 15th, I've got lots of sitting on buckets time in September. Sometimes it will have frosted by now and my bean succession will fail but it doesn't happen too often. One thing, bean plants can take rain & wind & cold and go right ahead and mature their green beans.
Now, I've just gotta time this right so the weather isn't bad when I'm out there sitting on a bucket! Earlier this week, I somehow thought that a predicted high of 77f would mean a pleasant morning. Didn't happen! Wind gusts above 15mph and temperatures between 49 and 60 until afternoon meant some cold pickin' for me with nothing but a lightweight shirt . . ! No more of that! I've been wearing flannel since!
Steve
