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Planting Heirloom Beans, Harvesting Radishes, Pulling Weeds and More

By Mavis Butterfield on June 3, 2016 ยท 2 Comments
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dried beans
Yesterday I woke up early and headed outside to finish planting the last of the summer vegetable seeds. This time around I planted 3 varieties of beans {baby lima, Cowpea and Tiger’s eye}. I like to plant green beans in the Washington garden {for fresh eating} and dried beans here on the east coast so I don’t have to worry about missing a harvest. Pretty clever, eh? ๐Ÿ˜‰

moon and stars seedsI also planted a hill of Moon and Stars Watermelon, 2 hills of butternut squash, 2 hills of buttercup squash {makes the best pies!} and a hill of cantaloupe {because hey, why not?}.

radish

First radish harvest!

growing onions in raised garden beds

The onions look amazing if I do say so myself.

hay or straw

Hay or straw? I couldn’t decide which one to mulch with so I’ve decided to do a little experiment this summer.

tomato plantThat is… just as soon as I get the rest of the garden weeded. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Have a great weekend everyone,

~Mavis

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Comments

  1. Dawn says

    June 3, 2016 at 11:05 am

    For mulching, I would stay with straw. Hay always seems to have more seeds in it and produces more weeds. At least in my dealings with both. I use hay to give to my chickens for bedding or whatever. They love picking at all the goodies in there.

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  2. Jillian says

    June 3, 2016 at 10:59 pm

    Don’t use hay!!! So many seeds, you’ll be pulling for years.

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