Wednesday, August 29, 2018

at last, blossoms

I took this photo of the bean stalks over the weekend. It's really something to come out of the house and have this big, leafy thing on your right. But -


I was all prepared to tell the awful truth: that it may be an impressive looking beanstalk, but there has been nary a bean to be found on it.

And then, it finally happened - the next day, actually. On Monday, we saw blossoms!


Some pretty yellow ones


and some pretty white ones! And they're fragrant. I don't know why the two colors - it's all supposed to be Blue Lake.

But anyway - at last, blossoms!
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  1. elizabethAugust 29, 2018 at 11:13 PM

    wonderful!!! may the blossoms bring fruit! (well beans!) :)

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  2. GretchenJoannaAugust 29, 2018 at 11:49 PM

    My pole beans finally got too heavy for the sort of trellis I had erected for them to climb up, and went wonky today, almost falling over completely! I knew I was going to take them out soon, and that helped me decide. But first I picked all the beans I could find...

    I hope you get some nice juicy Blue Lakes asap!

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  3. LyndaAugust 30, 2018 at 4:05 AM

    But aren't you approaching Autumn/Fall? Isn't this the wrong time of year for growing beans??

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    1. LisaAugust 30, 2018 at 9:59 AM

      Yes, but those seeds were planted way back, Lynda! It's weird how long it took. We usually get a real frost in October, so I hope there's time for the beans to grow. I don't know how tender they are - if a weak frost would kill the plants off. We'll see!

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  4. clare.elizabethAugust 30, 2018 at 5:11 PM

    I hope you get some beans soon! Blue Lake are lovely beans. I wonder why they took so long to get flowers? Perhaps you'll need to pinch out the top growth so the plants can concentrate on fruiting?

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