*sigh* I'm loosing my touch. (Warning: Hi-jacked by Em)

[Bunnylady]

Hoo, boy! I saw thousands of little frog jelly thingies in the pond over at the horse farm last week. It's a "vernal pond" - it forms from the runoff from the neighboring streets (there are 3 culverts that drain into this pasture). It may go months and months without a pond forming, but in the last year, I don't think there's been more than one period of a few weeks when there wasn't water there. Somehow, in the last few weeks, it has acquired a thriving population of Mosquito fish (I'm not sure; the folks at Vector Control may be responsible for that). I don't know if the frog/toad eggs have enough time to develop, but if they do, that'll be the third wave of amphibians coming out of that pond this year - wow!

 

[Alaskan]

NO! [COLOR=008000]FROG[/COLOR] flavored jelly beans are to be saved - not eaten.

But....but.....arent jellybeans made to be eaten? And all of that slime covering the frog flavored jelly beans just sounds so nasty....probably gonna grow mold, and.......(Attract breeding flies!) lady i would be tempted to add water to the pond to make sure all the frog babies make it. Froggies are awesome.

 

[sourland]

Frog 'jelly beans' are for reproduction.

 

[Alaskan]

Frog 'jelly beans' are for reproduction.

Achem, let me help you out here Mr. Sour.

"Jelly Beans" are made by different people and different companies, often in large factories. The are usually made out of copious amount of sugar with some flavorings and dye added.

Jelly Belly makes great jelly beans that contain gluten, and come in some astounding flavors.

Now, Alaskan was given Jelly Belly's Jelly Beans that were inspired by the Harry Potter movies, and yes, they had earthworm flavor, and earwax flavor, and dirt flavor.

So, though Alaskan did not see a frog flavor jelly bean Alaskan is sure that it exists. And, Alaskan is sure that it is covered in slime, AND Alaskan worries that you just might die if you ate an arrow frog flavored jelly bean.

However, whatever it is that you do with jelly beans in the privacy of your bedroom, as long as Alaskan isn't participating.......well, Alaskan simply doesn't want to know about it.

 

[sourland]

Basic Biology.

 

[Spookwriter]

THE JELLY BEAN TREE (found online)


“That’s silly,” Brooke said. “Jelly beans won’t grow.”

Matthew filled a pot with dirt. “Why not? Lima beans grow. Kidney beans grow. Even green beans grow. Why not jelly beans?” He dug a small hole and dropped in three jelly beans.

Brooke leaned closer. She wrinkled her nose. “Jelly beans won’t grow.”

Matthew placed his pot on the front porch. He watered it every morning. He sprinkled it with sugar every afternoon.

Brooke walked by every day. “Jelly beans won’t grow,” she called from the sidewalk.

A week passed. Two weeks passed. Matthew watered his jelly beans and sprinkled them with sugar. Nothing happened.

“I told you,” Brooke said. “Jelly beans won’t grow.”

It had been two weeks and two days. Matthew stepped onto the porch. The morning sun was warm. He lifted his watering can.

“Hey!” Matthew yelled. He dropped to his knees and stared at his pot. Three tiny green shoots had popped through the dirt.

“Jelly beans will grow,” Matthew whispered.

Brooke marched down the street. She glanced up at Matthew. She opened her mouth to call.

“Wait!” Matthew called. “Come look!”

Brooke closed her mouth. She climbed the porch steps and stood beside Matthew. She looked at the tiny green plants. Her mouth dropped open again.

“My jelly beans are growing.”

Twice a day, Matthew watered the shoots. He sprinkled sugar on them.

Brooke came to watch. “The plants might grow but you’ll never get jelly beans,” she said.

The shoots grew taller and thicker. They twisted around each other and reached for the sky. Leaves covered the stems. The weeks went by. The plant kept growing but there was no sign of jelly beans.

“You’ll never get jelly beans,” Brooke said.

Matthew watered his jelly bean tree twice every day. He sprinkled the roots with sugar. He waited. His tree grew. He waited some more. His tree grew bigger.

Brooke stopped coming onto the porch. “You’ll never get jelly beans!” she called from the sidewalk.

It had been two months and two weeks and two days. Matthew stepped onto the porch. The morning sun was cool. Matthew lifted his watering can.

“Hey!” He said.

His tree was covered with small colorful flowers. There were hundreds of them.

Brooke marched down the street. “You’ll never get jelly beans,” she called.

Matthew smiled. “I think you’re wrong,” he whispered.

Matthew watered his jelly bean tree twice every day. He sprinkled the roots with sugar. The small colorful flowers dropped off and left tiny round beans. They were red, blue, yellow, green and purple. They grew a little bigger each day.

When the beans were exactly the right size, Matthew picked them. He ate a red one. He ate a blue one. He ate a yellow one.

Brooke marched down the street. “You’ll never get jelly beans!” she called.

Matthew laughed. “Brooke! Come look!”

Brooke climbed onto the porch. Her eyes grew wide as she stared at the tree.

Matthew grinned. He held out a handful of color. “Want a jelly bean?”

​

 

[Spookwriter]

Perhaps in the cold, cold Alaska jelly beans are made
in some distant factory....

But the best, and freshest, jelly beans are home grown.

A jelly bean bush, a jelly bean tree...now THAT's living large.

 

[Alaskan]

Perhaps in the cold, cold Alaska jelly beans are made
in some distant factory....

But the best, and freshest, jelly beans are home grown.

A jelly bean bush, a jelly bean tree...now THAT's living large.

Spook, you have spoken!

Alaskan concurs! This is what Sour must have been referring to when he spouted off something about Basic Biology.

The biology of trees bearing jelly beans!


(Alaskan is still scared of the jelly beans that are frog flavored and covered in slime)

 

[sourland]

Spook, thanks for posting proof that one can grow their own jelly beans - not in Alaskan's zone.

FROG jelly beans do not grow on bushes or trees,

 

[Wisher1000]

You're right, Sour, they grow underwater.