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Glenna Rose · 13-07-2007, 03:53 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible

writes:
In article
,
Billy Rose wrote:

In article ,
(Mel M Kelly) wrote:

Real good beans may be the only thing the French are good for.

I forgot to mention that the French get an added day of to clean the
graves of their family. Is that dumb?

It's a small world. No need to jostle.
--
Billy

We had that also when people cared about it - it was called Decoration
Day. It was common for the families of the communities to pack picnic
lunches and meet at the cemetery and clean up the grave sites. It has
evolved, for good or bad, into Memorial Day celebrated on a Monday so
there is another three-day weekend.

This thread regarding green beans has me almost ready to plant some next
year. I've only grown them one year and was not particularly impressed
with the results. One of my sons, on the other hand, planted some in one
of their three small raised beds and had green beans all summer. Who can
say for certain why things do well in one place and not in others.

BTW, their raised beds were built with the plastic-type wood someone here
talked about (based in the Seattle, WA, area) a few years back. They have
been so very happy with them, and no splinters. So thank you to whoever
mentioned it.

Glenna