Bohnanza
We enjoy games and one of our favorites is called "Bohnanza" but we affectionately call it the "Bean Game". The official game site is here but that is a pretty weak description compared to the wikipedia site. I bring this up because today we built our new bean support (V2.0). Version 1.0 is visible in the pictures of garden plot A and was simply the old door to our garden. V2.0 will have 4x the surface area of V1.0 and should yield 4x the number of beans! Beans planted that will use the support: peas, yellow wax and kentucky (string bean). We also planted soybeans, but they are small bushes and do not need the support. Eventually we will put strings or rope across V2.0 (the white pvc pipes shown below in garden plot B) that will support the beans as they grow 6+ ft up.
3 comments:
But I thought yellow wax and string were the cheaper beans. Where are the high-quality beans going?
Haha, yes, wax beans are cheapo and string beans are moderately inexpensive (bohnanza values). The soy beans have some value, but they do not require the bean structure to grow. Cocoa and garden beans are the mnost valuable bohnanza beans, but I have no idea how they grow or where I could possibly get seeds for them.
Sounds like a defeatist attitude to me. Where would we be if Christopher Columbus said "I have no idea..." I want cocoa beans in your garden!
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