I wish it were so, but don't see them around. I sit outside in the mornings and see many other birds. Just not those that seek nectar. Send some my way!
Garden 2026
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Nancy harvested her garlic 
yesterday. Her plans are to dry some and make powder. Drying sure stinks up the house.
yesterday. Her plans are to dry some and make powder. Drying sure stinks up the house.
Garlic is one of those vegetables that I think tastes the same whether I buy it in a supermarket or at a farmer's market, so I've never grown it. Not sure I could get much from a container anyway.Nancy harvested her garlic
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Impressive harvest!
Lee
I got up at 5:45 AM to water the garden before the heat crushed everything. I should have waited, but I simply couldn't. Picked this handful of beans and sauteed them up for breakfast. I also got two cucumbers and noticed that a few tomatoes are starting to ripen!!!
My tomatoes are coming in. Today, I had a BLT with garden lettuce and tomato. I also picked some string beans and dug up a few red potatoes. My blueberries are coming in. Blackberries are ripening. The cucumbers took a break during the heat, but seems to be blooming again. Melons have grown a bit. The garden is plugging along.
They are called Grandma's Pole Beans. They were sourced through the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center, Inc. They look like those that my memaw grew along with her corn. I'm pretty happy with how they have performed and hope to save some seed from them. They have a great flavor. My grandmother grew tons of them. In the summer, she would have a pot of green beans simmering on the back burner of her stove with a huge cornbread near it. In the winter, it was soup beans with cornbread. Both were there to feed anyone hungry whenever they wanted something to eat.
I also attempted to grow some Appalachian bush beans that my other grandmother favored but they did absolutely NOTHING for me. I could not get them to germinate, but I had a dedicated space for bush beans. Therefore, for bush beans, I recently rebooted by planting Landereth stringless beans. Happily they are already coming up.
The potatoes are Norland Red. I have three baskets about ready for harvest, which will give me time to plant a second crop. Seed potatoes on the way! Growing things for us to enjoy is a happy thing for me.
Here is a photo of the beans on poles. I also grew a squash in the center of each one. The flipping squash have decided to grow in every direction, including UP, but have yet to give me a single squash. Zucchini, yellow summer, or acorn.
I also attempted to grow some Appalachian bush beans that my other grandmother favored but they did absolutely NOTHING for me. I could not get them to germinate, but I had a dedicated space for bush beans. Therefore, for bush beans, I recently rebooted by planting Landereth stringless beans. Happily they are already coming up.
The potatoes are Norland Red. I have three baskets about ready for harvest, which will give me time to plant a second crop. Seed potatoes on the way! Growing things for us to enjoy is a happy thing for me.
Here is a photo of the beans on poles. I also grew a squash in the center of each one. The flipping squash have decided to grow in every direction, including UP, but have yet to give me a single squash. Zucchini, yellow summer, or acorn.
Johnny West
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Nancy started her indigo process yesterday. These are plants she grew.
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She blanched the green leaves and now they are drying in garage. I’m not sure how many steps there are. She wasn’t pleased with last year’s dye.