Container Gardening 
Even with limited growing space, certain cultivars of beans, cucumbers, squash and tomatoes can be grown in large containers with plants producing the same amount as garden planted varieties.
https://kitchen-garden.be/gardening-why-garden/container-gardening
Heirloom/Specialty: Anasazi, Christmas Lima, Dragon’s Tongue, Borlotti Fava Beans: Broad, Fava Soybeans: Edamame, Mung
Beans give back to the soil, are rich in culture & flavor, and are a staple in food sovereignty. What’s your favorite variety to grow or eat?
#MutualAid #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #Food #Beans #Sovereignty #SoilHealth #CompanionPlant #Polyculture #Whispers
Read more: https://www.murfreesborocommunitygardening.com/post/beans-the-three-sisters-native-american-lore
Garden update. Rhubarb growing nicely in the new spot, everything else growing slowly. There are a lot of first true leaves on the peas, radish, and spinach. Lots of beets to thin out.
Okay #NewEngland
Hard freeze tonight.
Really?!
Hoping SW corner
#Connecticut
stays above 35°F
But just in case, we are eating
elsewhere tonight
Picture of my rather lovely well worn and thumbed copy of 'Grow Your Own Vegetables' by Joy Larkcom. Has anyone else got an old favourite that they keep going back to? I only wish they made this in a spiral bound or at least threaded copy! This book is just the cats pyjamas, she has so much research and advice crammed in it.
More weeding done at the allotment and back home opted to sow more broad beans in pots as we have quite a few mice down there... #allotment #growyourown #gardening
Victory gardens were a tactic used for the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany during WWII to supplement food rations during wartime. They were hugely successful and supplied up to 40% of the US' supply of fresh vegetables. I've been thinking about them a lot lately considering the tariffs, isolationism, fascism, and more.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/victory-gardens-on-the-world-war-ii-home-front.htm
It's unfortunately seeming an awful lot like this kind of self sustenance practice is going to be important again over the next few years because of Dictator Dipshit. I want to reclaim the term and deem them Resistance Gardens, because yes -- I can and will find joy and community in opposing your ass. Even for simple, yet crucially important things like how I put food on the table.
Cool spring here, so outside plants aren’t growing much yet. Lots of growth indoors: onions, leek, cabbage, kale, broccoli, tomatillo, ground cherry, pepper, eggplant, basil, thyme
Gotta love #NewEngland
35° F / 2°C tonight
Pulling less hardy seedlings
To bask on dining room table
@yvan Kholrabi is a good vegetable. It will be on the table soon. It’s a good vegetable for mixed vegetable kimchi. The allotment is looking good. #growyourown.
That's me done for the day: planted out 140 onion sets Sturon at the allotment, pleased as the bags say 50 each an extra 40! I should have around a hundred more raised from seed to go out in a few weeks. We like onions 
A bit more weeding before lunch then pricking out all these tomatoes. Phew, tea and a book time!
#allotment #gardening #growyourown #tomatoes #onion
#happywakeandbake kids!
When you #growyourown #cannabis you learn there is so much more to the plant than just THC..
Sow radishes with carrots, parsnips, onions & more in March–April. They sprout fast, marking your rows within days! Harvest in 4–6 weeks to clear space for slower growers. A simple, clever trick to track growth & boost success. #gardening #growyourown #veggiegarden
The humble radish 
The humble radish is one of the fastest and most reliable cropping vegetables with seedlings appearing after 5 days and the crop ready after 6 weeks.
#gardening #GrowYourOwn
First spring harvest: sorrel for soup tonight
All saved tomato seeds from last year have sprouted up and the tomatillo seeds I gathered from the ground in the garden a month ago are up too. Heat mat turned off. They were started on April 1.
@LifeTimeCooking So the okra is floating in the brine. Okra is funky before fermentation. Have fun with your okra ideas. We have pushed down using carrot stocks or daikon sticks wedged under the shoulder of the jar. Some fermentation enthusiasts have their favorite rock for a weight. Some have a small jar as a weight. #fermentation, #okra, #growyourown.
#OrganicGardening Soil #Inoculants - Benefits Of Using A Legume Inoculant
By Heather Rhoades
May 18, 2021
"Peas, beans, and other legumes are well known to help fix nitrogen into the soil. This not only helps the peas and beans grow but can help other plants later grow in that same spot. What many people don't know is that a significant amount of nitrogen fixing by peas and beans happens only when a special legume inoculant has been added to the soil.
"Using pea and bean inoculants is simple. First, purchase your legume inoculant from your local nursery or a reputable online gardening website. Once you have your garden soil inoculant, plant your peas or beans (or both). When you plant the seed for the legume you are growing, place a good amount of the legume inoculants in the hole with the seed. You cannot over inoculate, so don't be afraid of adding too much to the hole. The real danger will be that you will add too little garden soil inoculant and the bacteria will not take. Once you have finished adding your pea and bean inoculants, cover both the seed and the inoculant with soil. That's all you have to do to add organic gardening soil inoculants to the soil to help you grow a better pea, bean, or other legume crop."
Read more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/soil-inoculants.htm
However, the inoculants for most legumes will not work for peanuts...
"Will soybean inoculant work in peanuts?
A. No. The product may be similar in name, but the species of bacteria needed for these two legume crops are different. Bacteria know what their primary host is and the signal chemicals sent out from the roots of the soybean are different than those sent out by peanut. The soil is full of many different types of bacteria, but those signal chemicals tell exactly which bacteria to respond. Putting a soybean inoculant on peanuts is simply wasting money.
"To get the benefits of nitrogen fixation and the resulting vigorous root growth, disease protection and, ultimately, a boost in yields, an inoculant specially produced for peanuts should be used."
https://peanutgrower.com/feature/inoculant-guide-q-a/
#Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #GrowingPeanuts #Peanuts #GrowingBeans #SoilInoculents #GrowYourOwn #FoodSecurity
So, I had already picked up some "seed peanuts" from the local feed store (which reminds me -- almost time for seed potatoes and baby onions), and I've grown them in the past. However, I've never tried growing them from store peanuts, so if someone else has, let me know how it worked out. Also, peanuts are another plant that benefits from inoculants -- however, peanut inoculant is different than bean inoculant! (More about inoculants in my next post).
How to Grow Peanuts in Soil from Store-Bought Nuts
Lois Capone by Lois Capone
March 25, 2025
"I’ve always found something magical about growing food from everyday grocery items. Peanuts, in particular, are one of those crops that seem almost too simple to grow, yet many people assume they require a specialized process."
Read more:
https://gardenandcrafty.com/how-to-grow-peanuts
#Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #GrowingPeanuts #Peanuts #GrowYourOwn #FoodSecurity
Beans are pretty easy to grow, but they have more yield if an inoculant is used (more on that in another post).
Companion Planting with Beans
26 April 2018, written by Barbara Pleasant
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
"How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins. "
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/
#Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #CompanionPlanting #Beans #GrowYourOwn #FoodSecurity
One person's pest is another person's dessert! For those of us who intentionally cultivate #Blackberries...
14 Plants to Grow Alongside Your #Blackberry Bushes to Keep Them Happy
By Kate Chalmers
March 11, 2025
"Blackberries are among the easiest fruits to grow. In addition to providing an abundance of delicious fruit, blackberry bushes boost biodiversity and can be used to create a natural hedgerow.
"However, as with any plant, choosing the right blackberry companions is essential. Careful companion planting can boost soil health, deter pests, attract beneficial insects, and guarantee huge yields of delicious blackberry fruits."
https://homesteadhow-to.com/plants-to-grow-alongside-your-blackberry-bushes-to-keep-them-happy/
#Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #CompanionPlanting #FoodForests #Berries #GrowYourOwn
