Monday, July 13, 2015

a tale of beans

this years beans came from seeds i saved last fall. they are "kentucky blue" pole beans, and they're wonderful.
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trellises are in
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sprouts have arrived!
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beans growing up the trellis
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growing even higher and now flowering!
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growing beyond the reach of the trellis
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first picking brought in nearly 6 baggies of beans
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one evening molly came running inside from the yard and her breath smelled like beans. turned out she'd been in my garden grazing. these are the beans molly nibbled on the vine.
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the beans i give the dogs, the curly ones, the bent ones, the skinny on one end and fat on the other ones, the overgrown ones...
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my bean sleeves to protect my arms from the leaves that give me itchy rashes.
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just a long sleeve shirt with the sleeves cut off, and a strip of material across the back to hold the sleeves UP while i'm picking.
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sweetpea likes beans
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yes she does
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molly likes beans
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here is a video of puppy doing tricks for green beans.

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