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We have spent the last few days planting beans as fast as we can. We put the last of the beans in the ground just before the 4th of July, and with this hot weather, some of those planted first are already poking their little heads out of the soil. We are so grateful!

 Here are the varieties we planted:
  • Arikara Yellow
  • Black Turtle
  • Calypso
  • Dapple Grey
  • Green Flageolet
  • Hidatsa Red
  • Hutterite Soup 
  • Jacob's Cattle
  • Jacob's Cattle Gold
  • Lina Cisco Bird Egg
  • Marrow
  • Painted Lady
  • Pinto
  • Spanish Tolosana
  • Tiger Eye
  • Valentine
  • Yellow Indian Woman
  • Zebra
And we planted a few experiments--a couple of new bean varieties, as well as some lentils and southern peas. 

 We have been haying as fast as we can, in between pop-up rain showers and equipment failures. The hay is very coarse, but it's hay! It feels very good to be working again, instead of just waiting and worrying. 


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  1. AnonymousJuly 9, 2019 at 12:26 PM

    oh, congratulations, glad to read you got your crops in. you've given me something to read more about, the great variety of beans you grow. i live in NE ohio, near where the ohio river comes in from pennsylvania, and we've had the same water problems. in some places, it seems as if planting, haying and cutting wheat will all run together this year. we rent out our farmland, and this year the farmer has it in hay and corn. he got our farm planted before he could touch his own or another place he rents in the opposite direction because our ground is higher than his and sloped, so it's been able to drain better between rains. so far, the corn looks great and first-cut hay is all in. now we just hope the rain doesn't stop altogether as in some other years. looking forward to reading more about your adventures. --suz in ohio

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    1. LonaJuly 9, 2019 at 4:18 PM

      Welcome, Suz. Nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear the weather has been not-great where you are, too. :(

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