Growing and Harvesting Dry Beans

Dry Beans, clockwise from top: Calypso, Jacob's Gold Cattle, Jacob's Cattle, Black Valentine, Mayflower One of my garden experiments this year was growing dry beans. Most of the “survival seed” packs have a variety of beans in them. I had five different kinds of dry bean seeds in addition to my usual favorite green bean varieties, so had plenty of beans growing in the garden this year. The dry bean varieties I planted were Calypso, Jacob’s Gold Cattle Bean, Jacob’s Cattle Bean, Black Valen

Soup Grows Good Plants

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status

Growing Good Plants By Soup

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status

Garden Soil For July

by Thomas fryd W ith summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s sta

Growing Good Plants By Soup

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status

Growing Good Plants By Soup

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status