Vegetables

Follow-Up Friday – Peas and Beans

     While it is getting to hot for the regular plump peas, the sugar snaps are kicking into high gear.   Since the sugar snap vine is not as dense as the green bean vine, I am growing two sugar snap vines per pole.    This trellis is a square with 8 poles so […]

Vegetables

Mexican Beans

I have found three types of beans that I like to use with Mexican dishes from Burpee’s Spanish Collection.  I found the seeds at Home Depot but could not find them on Burpees website. Last year, I grew Pinto Beans and Red Beans.  This year I added Black Turtle Beans. Before I plant bean seeds directly in […]

General Gardening Vegetables

Beans – Bush or Pole – Snap, Shell or Dried

Beans grow in either a bush form or vine on a pole.  You need to know which type you have so you can properly support it.   Also, beans are harvested fresh or dried.  The fresh ones include snap or shell beans.  Snap beans are picked when the pod is slender and the bean is small.  […]