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Jon shows us how to deal with Mexican Bean beetle pests on a mature crop of beans. Learn more about this pest on the HGIC website.
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This has been a tough year for bean-growing, at least around these parts; both the Derwood Demo Garden and my community garden have seen large populations of Mexican bean beetles, as well as hungry rabbits.
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We’re having a remarkably warm October here in Maryland, and some of the summer crops are still producing, but really, the season is over and it’s just a matter of time before it all goes in the compost heap. This…
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This year at the Derwood Demo Garden we acquired some new planting space, which I decided to use for a growing technique we just haven’t had the square footage for in many years: a Three Sisters garden. Growing corn, beans,…
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Even though this is the Year of the Bean, not all our bean experiences can be positive. In fact, I can tell you in all honesty that I am done with growing pole beans in my community garden plot. I’ve…
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French and Italian bean beds in August I’m only slightly late with this post, especially since now that the evenings are cooler, I’m looking at a yellowed bunch of bean plants. But since I see that beans are still on…
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One of the crops I tried for the first time this year was white rice beans. I got the seed as part of our community garden seed-saving project (it was sent to us free from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds) and…
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