tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post4551435900267112952..comments2024-03-24T11:10:13.186-04:00Comments on The Gardening Me: Mid-September Update - Hilltop BedsMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-19545729350859667202015-09-13T21:43:30.692-04:002015-09-13T21:43:30.692-04:00It has been difficult to hold back on digging arou...It has been difficult to hold back on digging around in the potato bed. I suppose I could have tried to get a few potatoes in one section, but we haven't been eating any potatoes in the last little while (we don't generally eat a lot of potatoes over the summer for some reason), so I decided that it was best to leave them to mature.<br /><br />Our weather has been a bit of a roller coaster lately - overnight we went from from super hot to sweater weather. I'm crossing my fingers that the weather cooperates and your butternuts ripen for you!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-24444767593070224332015-09-13T21:39:13.378-04:002015-09-13T21:39:13.378-04:00Oh, that's too bad about the borlotti beans - ...Oh, that's too bad about the borlotti beans - I was just commenting to Daphne that some of my cranberry beans (which are also a bush bean) also had a bit of mold on them from the recent wet weather. The mold was limited to the pods and beans inside were ok, though. I wouldn't have occured to me that bush beans need staking, but in the case of dried beans, it makes sense.<br /><br />And thanks Susie - I'm loving the asparagus which also means that I'm all the more worried that something is going to happen to it before I get my first harvest in a couple of years.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-99859076784973422015-09-13T21:38:14.663-04:002015-09-13T21:38:14.663-04:00I suppose I just have it in my head that if I pick...I suppose I just have it in my head that if I pick earlier, I will get more beans, even though that probably isn't the case. We have been getting some rain this week and I decided to pick the bulk of the remaining cranberry beans this afternoon...good thing too as I noticed that some of the pods were already starting to get moldy.<br /><br />I'm probably one of the only houses in the neighbourhood that doesn't have some sort of planter on the front porch. I can't get my act together enough to water a pot that is right beside the beds that I look at every day - I never come in the front door so you can imagine the pile of brown that would likely grace the entry after a month or so ;)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-53799819157458741152015-09-13T12:46:40.405-04:002015-09-13T12:46:40.405-04:00You must be excited about your potatoes. I can nev...You must be excited about your potatoes. I can never wait to find out how they've done and of course, you can only tell that by digging them up. I'm sure you'll have a great crop. I don't know if my butternut squash will mature before the cooler weather arrives, I'm willing them on at the moment.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-24858707380261794272015-09-13T10:00:12.229-04:002015-09-13T10:00:12.229-04:00I think I have said it before, but a huge congrats...I think I have said it before, but a huge congrats on growing the asparagus from seed. <br /><br />I agree with you on our rainy weather causing an issue for beans to dry on the plant - I just lost all of my borlotti beans from rot - they are a bush bean and I generally do not need to stake them until the end of the year when they get heavier. I didn't get to them soon enough this year and they were on the damp ground too long.<br /><br />I'm glad to see that your hay bale plants are finally doing well ... not sure why they took so long, but hope you get enough of a harvest out of them.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354350096358468967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-79975253354689953012015-09-13T08:07:32.464-04:002015-09-13T08:07:32.464-04:00I'm also terrible at hand watering. It is why ...I'm also terrible at hand watering. It is why I grow so few things in pots. I have a pot by the front door with flowers, but it occasionally doesn't get watered either and starts to look ratty. Not good for a showy front door pot. <br /><br />When I grew dry beans the weather really dictated how I picked them. Though I tried to let them dry out as much as possible on the vine, if it was going to get rainy, I'd pick and shell and let them dry indoors - I didn't have the space to lay out a lot of pods. But I think I picked them a bit later than you do. More than just mature, but starting to dry. Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.com