Got beans?

File this under gardening lessons learned.

We had an early warm spring and so I took advantage by planting the pole bean crop earlier than normal. We had a great harvest, froze 10 quarts and shared with friends and local food bank.

But now the plants are almost done producing. Usually we have fresh beans later than this. Next year I plan to plant half the crop ASAP and then wait 2-3 weeks before planting the rest.
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Got food?

Making a run to the local food bank with some tasty organic goodies.
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Garden sunrise.
Sweet corn and cantaloupe will be ready soon.
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I really should remember to use a larger container when I do the daily pole bean harvest. Tomorrow the local food bank will get another delivery of various fresh top quality organic vegies. And of course a good supply of these will get tucked away in our chest freezer.
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#Blueberry jailbreak!

No, the blueberries did not tunnel out. Instead, the dang Juncos tunneled in under the wire!

Juncos are ground birds and the scratch with their feet foraging for food. A couple of days ago I let a Junco out of the jail and carefully inspected for holes in the net and tunnels. This morning there was a Junco (same one?) in the jail and, yup, a new bird tunnel.

I have now armored the ground outside the wire. #Gardening #Gardens #FoodGardeners #FarmersEatFirst #PNW

I was out picking pole beans this evening and thought I should check on the pepper plants in our mini greenhouse. Whoa - that is easily the largest green paper I have grown. And we have always gardened organically. BTW, when I buy gloves I get the extra large size.
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It was my turn to cook tonight and I was doing chef’s salad. One ingredient I wanted to have was some chopped green pepper. I had previously used the last part of one we had in the fridge in a breakfast dish so I went out to our mini greenhouse to see what I could find.

Actually I picked to first green pepper of the season about 10 days ago.
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