tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post5828250936103814588..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: Overtaken by ShadeDaphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-44291262458048037102008-09-02T09:52:00.000-04:002008-09-02T09:52:00.000-04:00Yes that is a major flaw with Kentucky Wonder. The...Yes that is a major flaw with Kentucky Wonder. There is one day that you should pick them. Before that they are too small; after that they are too big. So you need to pick them every day without fail. I have heard (though I've never done it) that you can pick them as fresh or dried beans too. So if they get too big just let them grow a few more days and eat them like Lima beans.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-83632913568890675412008-09-02T08:30:00.000-04:002008-09-02T08:30:00.000-04:00I also grew Kentucky Wonder this year and I can't ...I also grew Kentucky Wonder this year and I can't pick them fast enough. As a result though, they are fat and lumpy - not at all as pretty as yours. <BR/><BR/>I sympathize with your shade issue. I had to take out a tree in my backyard last year. It was painful, but I have so much more sun now, and light in my house, too. I was able to take a limb off a tree in my front yard that was shading my flower bed, but now it's all shady there again.JGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710652130966518173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-73492426377586965942008-09-01T13:33:00.000-04:002008-09-01T13:33:00.000-04:00Karen: No the maple trees shade that area of yard ...Karen: No the maple trees shade that area of yard quite well. Right now the garden is smack dab between the front yard trees and the back yard trees. I do have one sunny spot in the front yard. Right in front of my front door. I'm not quite willing yet to dig that up.<BR/><BR/>Gail: I have some leaning trees too. There is a crab apple tree that used to have some sun, but is in the shade of the same oak as my garden. It is trying to reach out and grab that sun.<BR/><BR/>Shibaguyz: I'm contemplating the same thing. A tunnel to keep some thing warm this autumn, but not the tomatoes, just the fall crops.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer: Thanks. It will be nice to have a taste of summer to defrost when winter hits.<BR/><BR/>dp: Thanks, I'm actually shocked they are still growing at all. Next year's position will be better. The greens will have the shaded bed and the tomatoes the sunniest.<BR/><BR/>Aunt Debbi: Your welcome. I freeze everything on cookie sheets. Sometimes I just want a few and sometimes a lot, so I need to be able to get them apart.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-31494975083541104762008-08-31T22:36:00.000-04:002008-08-31T22:36:00.000-04:00Hey thanks for the bean freezing instructions. I ...Hey thanks for the bean freezing instructions. I have just been dumping them in a gallon baggy and they get all mushy together.Aunt Debbi/kurts momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663049154538571378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-18093775244159343812008-08-31T17:40:00.000-04:002008-08-31T17:40:00.000-04:00I am really impressed that your garden has done so...I am really impressed that your garden has done so well, considering the shade issue. Those beans look so good and there are so many of them!DP Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729511776841579464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-81305828949545298152008-08-31T17:18:00.000-04:002008-08-31T17:18:00.000-04:00Haha, can't anticipate everything when you buy a h...Haha, can't anticipate everything when you buy a home and start your garden, eh? Glad to hear things are still doing well - even if they COULD be better.<BR/><BR/>Those beans are beautiful! We experienced our own innundation with green beans awhile back from our CSA, there are only so many green beans a couple can eat, so I spent the day freezing them. It'll be worth it though come winter when I am munching on local green beans and there is snow on the ground!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760009169211682230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-5649201966306145432008-08-31T16:52:00.000-04:002008-08-31T16:52:00.000-04:00As our light cycle gets shorter and shorter here, ...As our light cycle gets shorter and shorter here, we're preparing to tent our tomatoes with either that gardening cloth or just full on green housing them in a giant plastic tent to magnify the sun as much as possible. Just the first thing we thought of when you started talking about the shade on your tomatoes.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!!Shibaguyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682269444278312127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-25084464824424004862008-08-31T15:34:00.000-04:002008-08-31T15:34:00.000-04:00Too bad about the sun and the tree, your garden is...Too bad about the sun and the tree, your garden is beautiful and sure needs its full dose of sun! I noticed that as the angle of the sun changes each fall, more of my plants lean forward until they appear to reaching for something.<BR/><BR/>Gail<BR/>clayandlimestoneGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-53704254904874152892008-08-31T14:49:00.000-04:002008-08-31T14:49:00.000-04:00Pretty beans! Your garden looks awesome, sorry abo...Pretty beans! Your garden looks awesome, sorry about the shade factor. Can you put some stuff out by the street, if it gets more sun? <BR/>- Karen<BR/>http://greenwalks.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com