This past month we rounded the corner into summer so many of the questions we've been getting in our Slack group the past few weeks have been about pest and disease issues, harvesting, and pruning. This week we're going to disucss a question about leaf miners, a cauliflower harvesting dilmema, stunted greens beans and irregular sugar snap peas.
Read MoreEncyclopedia Botanica Podcast, Episode 46: Choosing the Right Beans For Your Garden
There are so many types and varieties of beans to choose from, that picking the right types to grow in your garden can be confusing. In this episode we discuss the 3 main culinary categories that beans are broken into, and how each of these types are grown in your garden. We compare growth habits, crop lifespans, and productivity differences between beans, including sharing some of our favorite varieties.
Read MoreEncyclopedia Botanica Podcast, Episode 3: Bush Beans
This week we’re talking about beans. Specifically, I want to talk about bush beans and why they are a great choice for the home vegetable garden.
Read MorePlanting Beans
Beans, one of the oldest domesticated crops, are a fantastically versatile, easy to grow, and can be highly productive in small spaces. Some beans are eaten fresh in their shell (your everyday snap bean), and some are removed from their shells and dried for long-term storage (shelling beans). Despite the difference in how we eat them, most beans are closely related and have similar growth habits. In our Seattle gardens, we tend to only plant the snap bean type because the shelling beans usually require a longer growing season.
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