If you could only grow one crop, what would it be? Beans of course! The most prolific, keep-on-coming versatile veggie a gardener can grow. What’s not to love?
They’re also incredibly economical on space as well as on your grocery bill because you can grow them vertically in a stunning variety of ways, which Ben demonstrates in this week’s episode.
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Made impromptu slug traps out of small plastic containers, a bit of yeast, some old flour and water. Caught seven slugs in three different containers in two nights! Going to take them out since I have seen a handful of toads hopping around that area. Thanks for the pea tips, I have never grown them, but I have some Green Arrow seed from Ray over at Praxxus55712 I'd like to try out! See ya soon!
Hi, just to say I am an avid watcher of your shows. I am very interested in companion planting, of which I’ve learned a bit, but would love if you were able to do a programme on pests and their hosts. For example the ladybird eats the aphids, and there is some sort of parasitic wasps you can get, which get the ones that munch your food. I have grubs in my garden, but unsure as to what might be a beneficial or harmful grub, so at the moment, they all get put out for the birds.
Being able to identify these pests as well as what other insect will get them, as well as which flowers attract the good bugs in ( in greater detail of course as you already provide pretty good info for n this anyway)
The other thing is Bees, can you actually create a place they would prefer in a garden to build their hive?.. hope you can help, but unsure whether it would be sidetracking from your focus on producing good strong plants
I’m on my porch, transplanting some Golden Wax Beans that my 7yo helped plant in an empty milk jug (clear plastic, so I cut it in half and made a little greenhouse out of it!) a week and a half ago, and that are now too big for it! I’m not great at gardening, and new at actually trying to start my garden from seeds. So far I have those three bean plants and three cherry tomato plants that I just transplanted from their little Gatorade-bottle greenhouse. They’re looking a little droopy, though, so I’m nervous…
Love your videos, and having your company as I garden 😊 With love from Utah, USA 🇺🇸
Great video ben i did my beans last week im doing belittle again this year
Very informative! I like the arbors, but it's SO windy where I garden, that I'm sure they would blow away.
If you've never allowed runner beans to fully mature and then harvest them as dry soup beans, I recommend it! They don't stay pretty during the cooking process, sadly, they turn a brownish-grey color, but the taste is amazing and, of course, dried beans will store well for a long time. Last night we made soup from the last of our stored butternut squashes and a cup of dried beans: it was a delicious gift from our 2022 garden.
I grow green beans ❤
Ben what about Rust? I had very sickly looking leaves last year
I prefer bush beans since they all come in at the same time which facilitates canning and preservation. Great video, thanks.
Thanks for another great video! Slugs are my nemesis
That arch you are in front of at 4:35 is the way I grow my beans, and it doubles as the entrance to the garden. I stand 1943cm (6'4" in freedom units 😎 ) and have plenty of headroom, the beans just hang all around to be picked. I prefer the Kentucky Wonder and will be trying Marvel of Venice (white seeded) this year.
I planted bush beans so they fit under my hoops which hold insect net. Despite anchoring it well and it's a very fine net (much finer than tulle) I found a caterpillar on one plant today & got rid of him quickly!
This is so helpful! Thank you!
Thank you for your great advise!! What can I plant under the arches where will be shaded!! God Bless you!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Howdy Ben! 👋 Thanks for the knowledge…I'm always learning something new from you.😃 I like to compost in place in my containers. It's good to know beans appreciate it and that I can't over water them. 😃
This year, I'm growing Scarlett Runner beans, Asparagus beans, and Purple Pink Eyed Cowpeas.
Your garden design is so nice!👍
Geez no wonder my beans died early and fast last year. Woopsie.
I'm in west central Florida, zone 9b/10a, and I'm growing contender bush green beans. I like them as they are prolific and are only a few days to germinate and I am at harvest in 35 days, even in partial shade.
I have daffodils in the same bed I’m planning on growing my beans is that ok? I have built a bean arch (last fall) and can’t wait to grow my purple beans. Thank you for sharing Ben have a great week, Ali 🇨🇦
Great video! I've got runner beans and french beans going, I already planted them out with 4ft 😬, going to grab some larger canes after watching this vod
I'd never grown beans before last year because the deer, raccoons, skunks, and hares, (you get it!) always got everything in my last garden. I decided to try them last year and grew some Roma II beans. Supposedly a bush bean. I couldn't tell because they got three sets of true leaves, a couple of flowers, a handful of beans, and then the aphids took over. sigh
This year I'm growing Blue Lake Bush, Purple Hill Pea, and the Roma II's again. All three are supposed to be bush beans. ALL THREE are vining up an emergency tee-pee thingy I had to build because they were using my Jasmine as a trellis!! (My garden is very intermingled. I have flowers, edibles, herbs, and whatnot all mixed together.)
I just wanna know… Are bush beans supposed to do this? Climb all over everything? There aren't any tendrils… they just keep climbing on EVERYTHING..!! What's up with that?
I love your videos. They are so informative and entertaining.
Thank you for another great video. I learned the following technique from a man from Mexico that I think is worth sharing: He hung jute twine on a nail down the fence to the bean plant and the beans grew right up them. At the end of the season, I just cut the twine to remove the entire plant when it was finished. So easy, and very inexpensive!!