[rxkeith]

back for another year.


i have just picked a nice bag of grandma gina/uncle steve cross beans.
planted third week of may, took a chance planting early before leaving on
fishing trip, and it paid off. i am at f5 or f6 stage.
the mix consists of two plain green romano beans, two different sizes. both are
tender sweet snacking on them raw. there are about four different purple streaked
varieties. some are big and fat. others are longer, and more slender. all are very good to excellent in flavor. one anomaly plant is producing round purple streaked beans
that appear to be a bit earlier than the flat pod beans. flavor isn't as good as the
flat beans, but they are farther along, so that may be a factor.
the big flat beans are grown on one section of fence, but there always seems to be
a mix of sizes regardless of how i plant them.


bumble bees, and humming birds were buzzing around me while i was picking.
it was fun.




keith