Two years ago I crowned myself The Bean Queen. If there is one thing I can grow really well, it’s beans!
This year the harvest began with bush beans. I always plant a mix of yellow, green and purple bush beans. Apparently this year I planted more yellows than the other two kinds. Which is great, as we love them! I have enough that as well as eating them almost every night and passing some along to others, I am freezing some batches for the winter. (Have I told you about Bush Boy’s love of all frozen fruits and vegetables? Eaten while still frozen?)
This is the bush bean patch:
And this is the pole bean and runner bean patch (these plants just began producing this week – yum!):
The plants aren’t as green this year, note the yellow leaves at the bottom. We had only one day of rain in July, and are now on severe water restrictions. I can only hand water my garden early in the morning. Unfortunately the garden is reflecting this. I do wish I had mulched the garden early in the summer once the plants were up, and I will have to make note to do it next year.
Rocks, Waves, Beach 
When did you plant your beans?
By: Nadine on August 4, 2009
at 7:01 pm
the beans look tasty!
all hail the bean queen! :)
i am feeling your pain about the dryness and not mulching – i wish i had mulched this year too.
but like you said, there’s always next year!
By: melissa on August 5, 2009
at 4:22 am
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