I’m a few days behind, but my garden is going well. My runner beans are taller than I am, I’ve got green tomatoes forming on 2 of my varieties, and the corn I planted out on my land is still growing, although it’s a little unnerving when the deer decide to nap right next to it.
Last February I ordered some popbean seeds. After a couple months I assumed the order must have gotten lost, but guess what I got in the mail this week! They’re a cool-weather crop, so I might be able to sneak a few in for fall picking.
(Popbeans are a variety of bean that, when parched in a dry skillet, will swell and pop like popcorn. It doesn’t form the poofy cloud-shapes that modern popcorn does, but I’d guess a hundred years of focused breeding could be the difference there. At any rate, they’re about the only naturally “instant” dry bean you can grow!)
The bunny in the strawberry patch is breeding. There are littler bunnies running around the yard now.
My black raspberries are getting close to ripening, one of them is a light purple right now. I won’t get any red raspberries this year, dad mowed the whole patch down. It wasn’t an accident either, he just decided he didn’t like it where it was, so he mowed it down. Have I mentioned how badly I want to move out?
My “house” is still just a hole in the ground for now, and not a very deep one either. With all the rain lately, the deer have been using it as a secondary watering hole. Lots of deer, I’ll be able to hunt without leaving the sofa :)
Or maybe they will kick you in the head while you are sleeping and leave you paralyzed. And blind.
Glad to hear that your getting some good produce. Interesting about the beans. I never heard of them, but that sounds like something good to have on hand.