Now is the time for fresh beans
By Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times
Beans can seem complicated. They come in different colors — green, yellow and purple are the most common. And in different shapes — round and flat — and different sizes — yard-long and fingernail thin. They grow on different types of plants — pole beans climb to the sky while bush beans stay close to the ground.
But in the end, they all taste pretty much the same.
Thank goodness. Because beans, whatever the type, make terrific summer food.
Now is the time for fresh beanns. Now is the time to keep planting. Late in the year? Most definetly! Some things will remain dormant over winter(if we get a winter!) and will sprout next spring.
So plant on my hardy LTN gardeners and be positive and keep putting seeds in the ground! OLS
Anyone have a potato box active? I’ve always wanted to make one. Greenhouse structures shouldn’t count towards coverage. If there is any hope to establish crop up here we need them. If it isn’t the wind, the hail will take out the plants.
Duke, Potato box? An old freind gave me a small greenhouse but have not had much sucsess in growing there in tne little plastic greenhouse.
Grow baby grow, OLS
Ive heard success for growing potatoes in stacked up tires filled with soil and compost. Not sure about the tires (too toxic I would think) but maybe those erosion controll products filled with straw rolled up then filled with soil/compost. Scarlet runner beans are fun to grow, great for attracting humming birds and butterflies.