The Endzone Garden Thread

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Deer hate powdered lime.
GVF said:
Frickin deer done hit my pole bean leaves twice. They were putting out new leaves and got stripped again. Got deer repellent all over hte garden now, as well as mint spray on the beans. Couple days, a little rain, and high temps and they're leaving out again. Whole garden was behind, but they're really putting a lag on the beans. Should be getting my first picking by now.

Did get my first squash though. Everything else is doing pretty good now. The cool & wet spring has finally relesed it's hold on the garden. Only took till mid-June.
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GVF said:
Frickin deer done hit my pole bean leaves twice. They were putting out new leaves and got stripped again. Got deer repellent all over hte garden now, as well as mint spray on the beans. Couple days, a little rain, and high temps and they're leaving out again. Whole garden was behind, but they're really putting a lag on the beans. Should be getting my first picking by now.

Did get my first squash though. Everything else is doing pretty good now. The cool & wet spring has finally relesed it's hold on the garden. Only took till mid-June.
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Hang up fly traps with the yellow powder in them. Just add water and they smell like rotten eggs. Keeps deer away and catches alot of flies. Just planted beans and okra again last week, also tomatoes.
 
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bigorangewildcat said:
Hang up fly traps with the yellow powder in them. Just add water and they smell like rotten eggs. Keeps deer away and catches alot of flies. Just planted beans and okra again last week, also tomatoes.
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Gonna succession palnt a row of pole beans in with hte others next day or two to make sure I get enough. One side is recovering nicely. Other side is lagging. Hopefully with the good garden weather just arriving around here last couple weeks. it will do fine and come on quickly.
 
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If I could stay awake until after true dark, I’d be peeing around the borders of my garden, marking my territory.
 
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A cottontail has my and my two neighbors’ properties as territory. If it’s still around next Spring, I’ll have to get some chicken wire and fence my vegetable garden.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
@GVF @VolNExile
Ever hear of horticulture beans?
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I don’t think I have. Enlighten me. Maybe I’m familiar by some other reference.

Edit: looked that up. Seems to be a category of long flat beans with plump seeds. Most looked rather colorful. Said they have a kind of mild nutty flavor. May have to do some more reading on those. Pretty interesting looking. Didn’t get into enough to say if they are pole or bush.

Edit #2: says also known as cranberry beans. I’ve seen those before. You’d grow these not for green bean snaps but for drying or freezing and use in place of pintos. Makes for colorful bean dishes.
 
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GVF said:
I don’t think I have. Enlighten me. Maybe I’m familiar by some other reference.

Edit: looked that up. Seems to be a category of long flat beans with plump seeds. Most looked rather colorful. Said they have a kind of mild nutty flavor. May have to do some more reading on those. Pretty interesting looking. Didn’t get into enough to say if they are pole or bush.

Edit #2: says also known as cranberry beans. I’ve seen those before. You’d grow these not for green bean snaps but for drying or freezing and use in place of pintos. Makes for colorful bean dishes.
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October beans?
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
October beans?
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Probably. If you’re gonna possibly use it as a dried shell bean they need dry time on the bush. Downside is by not picking you reduce production. Maybe you can shell them and then dry them. Or blanch and freeze. I’d have to do some more homework. Order some and remind me and we’ll figure it out if you are interested in trying. Or maybe we got some in here that already do a lot of shellled bean growing.

I’ve never grown beans for putting up shelled.
 
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GVF said:
Probably. If you’re gonna possibly use it as a dried shell bean they need dry time on the bush. Downside is by not picking you reduce production. Maybe you can shell them and then dry them. Or blanch and freeze. I’d have to do some more homework. Order some and remind me and we’ll figure it out if you are interested in trying. Or maybe we got some in here that already do a lot of shellled bean growing.

I’ve never grown beans for putting up shelled.
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GVF said:
Probably. If you’re gonna possibly use it as a dried shell bean they need dry time on the bush. Downside is by not picking you reduce production. Maybe you can shell them and then dry them. Or blanch and freeze. I’d have to do some more homework. Order some and remind me and we’ll figure it out if you are interested in trying. Or maybe we got some in here that already do a lot of shellled bean growing.

I’ve never grown beans for putting up shelled.
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When I was a wee lad, I helped my great aunt shell cranberry beans. They were cooked and served that evening. They were delicious.
 
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