What did you do in the garden today?

[lazy gardener]

I tried purple yard long this year. They were fairly prolific, and even held their color when cooked. But, I did not like the flavor of them. My all time favorite pole bean is Fortex. It's a french fillet. Still nice and tender at 10" long.

 

[deepbluesea]

Hmmm--never tried fortex, either... back to the catalogs!

I grow regular green ones and this year red ones called red chinese noodle. I like them in stir fries and curries--they hold up well. Not so much as plain beans.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

i live in Canada so our growing season is over

but the really exciting thing is where building an indoor garden, going to try aquaponics a small system for fresh veggies year round. got so many plants i want to grow

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Whew. Back from digging another dozen sqft onto the new bed. I'm pacing myself cause the ground I am working with is awful (thick clay, TONS of tree roots!) but the cold's gonna really set in later this week. Still, every dozen square feet is another dozen lbs of food I could grow. I'm really pleased with how this bed is coming along, too. In it's current state is should give me about a 20% increase in plantable space, and with all the drywall scraps and compost it should grow my plants well.

I just have to figure out where I am going to be putting what plants. Areas of full sun are difficult to distribute among the plants that need it most.

 

[GardenTillers44]

I tried purple yard long this year. They were fairly prolific, and even held their color when cooked. But, I did not like the flavor of them. My all time favorite pole bean is Fortex. It's a french fillet. Still nice and tender at 10" long.

We tried the long purple pole beans (around here they are called asparagus beans) the last couple years. Very hardy and prolific but a little chewy and short on flavor. They are best when picked very young. I ran into a neighbor today who grows, harvests and sells heirloom seeds and we talked beans. I came away with some seeds for Lazy Housewife green beans and heirloom Climbing French green beans that we'll try next season. He has a lot of cool stuff if you are into heirloom and oddball/rare seeds. His website is http://www.circaplants.com

 

[pennyJo1960]

I grow my garden in tires stacked in two have about 16 now which equals 32 tires potatoes still growing great

 

[CapricornFarm]

Whew. Back from digging another dozen sqft onto the new bed. I'm pacing myself cause the ground I am working with is awful (thick clay, TONS of tree roots!) but the cold's gonna really set in later this week. Still, every dozen square feet is another dozen lbs of food I could grow. I'm really pleased with how this bed is coming along, too. In it's current state is should give me about a 20% increase in plantable space, and with all the drywall scraps and compost it should grow my plants well.

I just have to figure out where I am going to be putting what plants. Areas of full sun are difficult to distribute among the plants that need it most.

I got the border blocks and concrete but forgot to look at Lowes for mulch. Home Depot wanted too much for theirs even with the coupon i had. So hopefully tomorrow i will finish pouring concrete and set the border stones in place, plant the last 2 shrubs and the bulbs. And make meatloaf....

 

[CapricornFarm]

I grow my garden in tires stacked in two have about 16 now which equals 32 tires potatoes still growing great

Too bad no square tires, you could have nice rows!

 

[pennyJo1960]

licked here gang 9 pm this old hen is headed to bed goodnight

 

[ChocolateMouse]

GUUUUUUYS.
This is a little off topic, but I have been gifted something really cool and just wanted to share.
My sister received some cast iron cookware from her MIL, who was cleaning out her attic. She doesn't have time to properly care for cast iron, so she handed them off to me. The seasoning is not great, they were clearly in storage, but they're also not rusty.
But I was curious about them because I was looking into cast iron frying pans to ask for, for xmas and didn't recognize the branding on one of them so I did some looking into it.
Best I can tell, I have an extremely rare Erie marked Griswold pan from 1905. It's got three holes in it's handle (which is very unusual) and sloped sides. It's the biggest one they ever manufactured that I can find documentation of. Similar pans in more common sizes run $150-$300 online. Not that I intend to sell it at all, I have been wanting more cast iron for a long time, but it's such an INCREDIBLE piece of history and it's collectors value is extremely intriguing. I'm so excited to have it!
The other is less exciting, a common, small model of Wagner Ware pan from early 1920's. But also a very solid piece of antique cast iron that I am very happy to have.

What an awesome present to have gotten! This was already my favorite sister. She will definitely be getting something very nice this holiday season.