Steve Peek wrote:

So why not the bugs? I found the first two Mexican bean beetles today. They
met with an untimely end or perhaps that was timely?

[you do know that mentioning the word "bean"
around here is dangerous right? ]

are these the same beetles that used to be
sold as mexican jumping beans to kids in the
back pages of comic books (along with sea
monkeys )?

as for the seasons, things are evening out
here. had a nice rain yesterday afternoon,
forgot to check the forecast in the morning and
previously it had said no rain this week so i
watered as i needed to be sure all the beans
planted had enough moisture to continue
sprouting, 2hrs later it rains, go figure...
i needed the break anyways as i'd just finished
turning and planting.

today and tomorrow, finally planting the north
bean patch, beautiful days to be out.

cooked up a batch of dried cranberry beans
yesterday to make sure i wanted to plant more.
good thing, taste good, but i prefer other beans
for eating/burritoes/etc. still planted plenty
of them elsewhere for shelling.

have you ever grown adzuki beans?


songbird