What did you do in the garden today?

[Happy hen lover]

Pole beans can be grown along a fence, saving space, if that is an issue for you. Bush beans can be grown within the fenced in garden so the deer don't browse them to death.

I've gotten more beans from bush because of the deer, so that's what I'm doing again this year.

I do have that option, have a privacy fence separate from garden I could drape chicken wire on. So I might do both that way my peas are stupid little right now so may plant bush beans in that row a little later. Liked the idea of beans in carrot row as my garden is small so I can manage fertilizer and water easy.

 

[Meri Maura]

Does anyone have strawberries that produce in December, Jan, Feb, and on?

 

[Happy hen lover]

Bush beans for fresh green beans are quicker. Pole beans generally take longer to produce. I'm zone 6a. I grow pole beans for dry beans. I grow bush beans for both fresh green and dry.

I'm 5b so very close to yours.

 

[Happy hen lover]

I love all these ideas from all the experienced people on this site. It's like sitting down at a garden club thanks all for reply so far

 

[chickengr]

Neither. They produce very little per plant. You need a whole bunch of them to really produce food. I gave up on green beans as well as peas for this reason.

? I have always had plenty of green beans. I am not sure which variety they are. they are bush beans. found a pic in internet that looks like beans I plant:

 

[Happy hen lover]

? I have always had plenty of green beans. I am not sure which variety they are. they are bush beans. found a pic in internet that looks like beans I plant:
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Probably blue lake they are the most used that I know of.

 

[Sally PB]

I planted Dragon Tongue and a purple bush bean last year. The Dragon Tongue were the winner, hands down, for production. I'm planting two rows of them this year.

I am going to skip the peas. I don't get many, so I'll use that area as the second row of beans.

One thing I read, and it proved true: Keep the beans picked, and they keep producing. The plant's goal is to reproduce. Once it got some beans to a certain size, blooms and growth slowed waaay down.

 

[BReeder!]

? I have always had plenty of green beans. I am not sure which variety they are. they are bush beans. found a pic in internet that looks like beans I plant:
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I've not had that kind of luck with them. Maybe I just planted the wrong varieties or they didn't like the conditions (soil, amount of light, temp, etc.) they were in.
I am trying beans again this year because I decided to experiment with three sisters. I will not be harvest fresh beans though, just dry beans late in the season.

 

[BReeder!]

The last of my Gurneys order showed up today. A meyer lemon and dwarf pomegranate. Both are smaller than expected. Apparently 4" pot means 4" deep, not 4" round. The plants look alive though, so I transplanted into new decorative pots and put them in the our bay window, which is where I intend to keep them most of the time. I may put them outside for the summer months, but I worry about gnats getting into the soil and brought into the house.

I would like to say I'll not order again from this source, but I have $30 in credit with them that I'm not going to let go to waste. That will be my last order though through them.

 

[NewBoots]

.going to do the potting up today instead ,might do some baking and bread in the machine ,baking always calms me .

I'm so sorry Alfie, that sounds miserable. The smell of coffee and fresh bread do wonders for me.

@NewBoots is Bitey locked up because she's broody or because she's being a meanie?

Mainly because she's broody and that's making her irritable, but she attacked Mahogany and totally freaked out Dotty. It was kind of funny, two of the higher ranking hens (Amelia and Queenie) saw she was acting aggressive and put her in her place afterward. She's been in jail for about 24 hours now and has calmed down a lot but she's still ticking like a feathered time bomb so her sentence isn't done yet. From what I've read, a couple more days will hopefully solve it.

Here's my report on the weed mower / trimmer @NewBoots. It is awesome.

Oh I'm so glad, that'll be the next purchase, thanks!

Neither. They produce very little per plant. You need a whole bunch of them to really produce food. I gave up on green beans as well as peas for this reason.

My snap peas produced far more than we could eat but they made great pickles. The yellow and green bush beans were both duds for me.

I had the opposite problem with my beans. I grew so many of them I didn't know what to do with them all! I canned some (dilly beans) & blanched & froze some,

I love pickled green beans, I'll go to Roseburg later when the bean season is going and buy some for canning and pickling. Ohhh and maybe some wax beans too for three bean salad! I love that stuff so I guess I'm officially an old lady.

I am going to skip the peas. I don't get many, so I'll use that area as the second row of beans.

If I had more space for raised beds I'd plant peas just for fresh eating.

I potted up more zucchini (I'll post pics once I see they are doing well) and cleaned out some of the huge cloth pots for reuse. And I won't have to buy any more salad greens for as long as I can keep everything from bolting. Buttercrunch:

And the slug & snail bait seems to be working for now anyway.