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Post by Owl on Jun 30, 2007 5:27:48 GMT -6
YES I SAW THEM BUT I AM NOT SURE WHERE AROUND HERE YOU COULD GET THEM. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GET A SEED CATALOGUE AND ORDER THEM FROM THERE! OR ASK AT THE LOCAL FARM SUPPLY STORE!
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Post by joyce on Jun 30, 2007 9:55:36 GMT -6
Yea most all seed catalogs have them. They actually call them Horticulture beans. I think that's the name. Round here we call em cranberry beans. If you have a feed/seed store close by they should have them also. If you can't find em and want some let me know I will get ya some and send em to ya.  |
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Post by froggie on Jun 30, 2007 10:04:25 GMT -6
Thats nice of you Joyce. We have a couple of feed stores here,I will check when we get home,I just thought maybe mama owl would know. I know Wal Marts Lawn & Garden wouldnt have them. I dont even know if I could grow them but would love to try.
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Post by califgirl on Jun 30, 2007 13:46:36 GMT -6
How much room do you need for them?? I have a very tiny place I might be able to use.
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Post by joyce on Jun 30, 2007 15:00:27 GMT -6
I would say the beans get about knee high and they bush out somewhat. You should be able to grow them in a small space. If you plant more than 1 row the rows should be about 2 ft apart. My rows in my garden are about 40 ft. long. I had 2 rows of the cranberry beans and have picked right at 3 bushels.
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Post by califgirl on Jun 30, 2007 15:05:06 GMT -6
Wow that is quite a lot. I saw the pic's of your beautiful garden. I don't have any real space since the outside is not mine to plant. But I though I might get away with a small plot. Thanks anyway.
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Post by joyce on Jul 2, 2007 3:58:49 GMT -6
This is the kind of beans I am picking now. They are very good also. I don't let em get dry. I picked em when the hull turns a greenish yellow or yellow. Very pretty beans. To me they also taste alot better than a pinto or soup bean. I order the seeds each year from the Vermont Bean Seed Company. Nobody around here has em. Popular New England heirloom bean passed from generation to generation. Hardy 18" high plants produce heavy yields of pods each containing 6 kidney-shaped white beans with the characteristic dark maroon "soldier" on the eye. Easy to grow, especially in cool climates, and drought resistant. A mainstay of the New England Saturday night baked bean suppers. Excellent in stews and baking.  |
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Post by SpyderLady on Jul 2, 2007 21:28:24 GMT -6
You said you order the seeds every year? I wonder how they get the seeds. Is there some way you could save seeds from it??
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Post by joyce on Jul 3, 2007 3:55:04 GMT -6
Yea if I wanted to I could plant just a row and let them dry and save the seeds. For the solider beans since I can order them I do. It just saves me a row in the garden not having to plant it for the seeds.
I suppose they have people that actually raise these beans for seed only. I think this is more a northern bean so to find it down here at the seed stores you won't.
Now the blue blooms I raise, I have never found them in any seed catalog. There were a couple of people around here that told me their grandparents raised these and passed these seeds down. I do raise enough of them each year to have a quart jar full of seeds for the next year.
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Post by joyce on Jul 5, 2007 2:52:46 GMT -6
Well I tilled the north garden yesterday. Only thing left there is the maters and squash and those butternut squash I planted a couple of weeks ago.
I'm hoping tomorrow to get back in there and plant some late stuff. Maybe a late row of green beans, seriously thinking about trying to plant some late corn. Ain't made my mind up for sure. I said I wasn't gonna fool with any corn since it always get blown over but after seeing how high it is around here this year I'm having second thoughts.
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Post by shyangel on Jul 5, 2007 10:45:10 GMT -6
Will the corn be done in time for harvisting?  |
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Post by joyce on Jul 5, 2007 13:50:35 GMT -6
I think it will. We usually don't get much cold weather or frost around here until Oct. Takes corn about 70 days from the time you plant it til harvest.
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Post by joyce on Jul 6, 2007 15:45:22 GMT -6
Been picking and shelling beans all day. My thumbs hurt.  |
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Post by califgirl on Jul 6, 2007 19:22:55 GMT -6
I remember, it was a lot of work. And you have a lot more than I ever thought about doing.
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Post by SpyderLady on Jul 6, 2007 22:25:51 GMT -6
How is your broke thumb btw?
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Post by joyce on Jul 7, 2007 9:45:41 GMT -6
Still sticking out like a sore thumb.  The part of the thumb that goes into your hand that knuckle I guess you call it is still twice bigger than the other one. Don't hurt like it did a few weeks ago but it's still real tender. Been in the garden gathering. Got about 30 lbs. of summer squash and almost 3 bushels of different beans in the house now to start shelling on. Gonna plant the late garden early in the morning. If y'all run out of food this winter head on over here, I should have plenty.  |
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Post by joyce on Jul 7, 2007 9:53:27 GMT -6
Come on down. I'll hide ya in the garage  |
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Post by SpyderLady on Jul 7, 2007 11:29:59 GMT -6
Hey can I live in the attic? It would be warmer there. ;D
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Post by joyce on Jul 7, 2007 16:14:23 GMT -6
Sydie in the attic and ratty in the garage. This could get interesting.  |
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Post by buzzard on Jul 7, 2007 20:32:37 GMT -6
Spiders and Rats? ?? I think you're gonna need an exterminator, would a buzzard do? ROFL |
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The part of the thumb that goes into your hand that knuckle I guess you call it is still twice bigger than the other one. Don't hurt like it did a few weeks ago but it's still real tender. 
