First of all, today is July 13th so let me say a big Happy Birthday to my brother Eric.
Now for the bean post - Last evening, we got a reprieve from the heat by scattered thunderstorms. It didn't rain at our house, but it got cloudy and windy - perfect gardening weather.
I decided to take advantage of the downhill side of the garden where there are no longer any raised beds. Last fall, I moved the beds from this location to the uphill side so I could plant more in the very early spring without as much worry of settling frost.
Since this area still has fertile organic soil and there is absolutely no chance of frost right now,
I got out my little tiller
The trellis in the back is our luffa and Jack-be-little pumpkins. To the right is the Japanese Tomato Ring.
As you may know, I usually don't garden in rows so this is a bit odd for me. I was able to use my old fashioned Precision Garden Seeder.
This is the seeder that my mom used when I was a kid. It has held up well for at least 30 years. It is pretty cool how you can change the plates in the hopper depending on what vegetable seed you are using. This would be a must have for the old row garden. I only use it occasionally for beans or corn.
I planted a new type of green bean for our garden that looked really good from Burpee, called Burpees Stringless Green Pod Bush Beans
This been matures in 50 days, so as long as I can keep them watered enough in the heat for germination, we should have a bunch of beans in early September. I'm hoping to have time yet to plant even more in the bed where the snap peas were. Between the two plantings, there should be plenty to eat fresh and some to can or freeze for later.
In the meantime, we're cheering on the main season tomatoes to ripen!
Keep Growing!
-Marc
Thanks for the happy birthday wish!
Our green beens are doing well! We've picked some already but our main crop of beans are still a couple weeks away.
God bless,
Eric
Posted by: Eric | July 13, 2011 at 04:26 PM