Seriously, I was pleasantly surprised to be still harvesting beans on the last day of October. Today I picked 160g of "Aintree" Runner beans, and 220g of "Cobra" French Beans.
Usually by this time of year the beans have all finished, and their supporting canes have been taken down and stored away, safe from the Autumn gales, but this year has been exceptional in many ways so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. "Make hay while the sun shines" they say, so I'll just make some hay...
Very spooky and arty shots, Mark. I don't think I've known beans being harvested on All Hallows Eve before either. I heard or read that you can leave the bean plants in the ground with a mulch and they'll come up again next year, do you know if that is a fact?
ReplyDeleteHi Toffeeapple; Yes, I believe that you can leave Runner bean plants in the ground, but I don't think they would prosper if we had another Winter like last one! They form a bit of a tuber sometimes, rather like Dahlias, which will supposedly give them enough energy to survive until the next year. I've never tried it though.
ReplyDeleteI like that first photo, very spooky. It's amazing to be still harvesting beans at this time of year, though I've got flowers on my tomato plants again so anything's possible this year.
ReplyDeleteGood heavens Mark - is there no end to your talents, I've never had beans as late as you even with successive planting - you must have the magic touch.
ReplyDeleteJust when you thought it was safe to go into the garden.
ReplyDeleteElaine; It's the fact that I live in the sub-tropical South of England that makes the difference, you know. Or maybe simply that my beans are powered by Plutonium! (Cathy?)
ReplyDeleteHow in the world do you manage to grow so many beans!!!I am amazed at your gardening abilities! And frankly, you talent at abstract design with photography is quite amazing, too!
ReplyDeleteEgretta, to be fair I don't actually grow that many beans (in terms of quantity) - but they do have a good PR Agent! :)
ReplyDeleteVery spooky beans. Popping by from Daphnes to say 'hello'! --Shanon
ReplyDeleteMy eyes hurt looking at those spooky beans! I think our season has been extended this year. I'm holding off on pulling plants.
ReplyDeleteHallow-Bean! Genius blog post title. Love them!
ReplyDeleteVery spooky beans! I need to remember to sow another new batch of beans this month.
ReplyDeleteSo did you give them to the trick or treaters? I'm sure they would have a loved a radioactive bean.
ReplyDeleteOoo Hallow bean! Mark that is just terrible :D
ReplyDeleteHello Mark,
ReplyDeleteLove, love your spooky beans photos, sooooo cool. How did you do that?
Norma; I used the features of "Picnik" part of the Picasa Web Albums suite, from Google. You should try it. There's loads of good stuff!
ReplyDeleteBeans that glow in the dark - are you growing near a nuclear reactor? To be honest we pulled up our beans once we had a freezer full so I don't know whether they would still be producing in the frozen north - although it's quite balmy at the moment
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Mark, I was unaware of the tuber aspect.
ReplyDeleteFun pics! The regular bean pics are great too! I have about six pole beans still clinging to life at the moment. I should just pick them quickly and put the plants out of their misery by removing them. I miss fresh beans though once they are gone and am always reluctant to declare the season over.
ReplyDeleteGlad the spooked beans will be a nice meal after all! Great harvest.
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