He wanted to do things his way and maintain his independence. He didn't want to take a 'handout' from the government and he didn't want the government telling him what to do or how to do it. He just flat didn't want to compromise his own principles. That's part of what makes the book so fascinatingit wasn't just a struggle with nature, but an internal struggle to stay true to what he believed in. I had relatives who farmed and ranched in Texas in the s and s and they thought Elmer Kelton captured the reality on paper so well.
For as hard as times are now, this novel is just such a chilling representation of one fictional man's life during some incredibly hard times, and that's why I like it.
It reminds me how easy we have it much of the time, and it reminds me that when you make your living from the land, it can be a hard life with, perhaps, more downs than ups. Dawn, thanks. It's staying on my wishlist then. It sounds right up my alley! As hard as things seem right now, I know they pale in comparison to something like that! George, I appreciate the prayers and the bean offer!
I still have some KW seeds left since I caught them on clearance early this summer yay! Just to update you all: Hubby's interview today went well. They're calling his references and he should hear something tomorrow -- looks VERY promising!
He'll still have to pass a physical so there's a little worry there with his arm still broken but he's pretty sure he can get through it. It's not like they're going to x-ray his arm at an employment physical, right?
As long as he keeps his mouth shut Right before hubby left this weekend, I pounded a bunch of t-posts and hubby and the kids strung new fence so the goats and chickens now have a new, HUGE area to browse and, hopefully, won't work so hard to eat my garden for the rest of this year. It's amusing to hear him warm up to honey, when he is generally so skeptical of so many natural remedies, etc. Diane, if you'll send me an e-mail with your mailing address, I'll send you a couple of seed samples.
At the very least you would get a jump start on trialing another bean. It is also a prolific producer of pinto type dry beans, which are exceedingly easy to thresh. Another thought, this year I planted most of our squash on rotted piles of manure out in the pasture not fenced. So far they seem to be faring well, in spite of the pasture being inhabited by a good number of goats, cattle and horses. Squash bugs have been minimal too, and I'm suspecting that the chickens are eating them.
So, when we clean our barn, we're going to make piles where we'd like to grow squash next year. Old Timey Cornfield Pumpkin has been the star, again, this year.
I like this, since it doesn't take up valuable space in my garden. Very interesting about the squash in the pasture. When our chickens and goats got into the garden, the squash were untouched by them. Hmm, I guess I'll be growing squash in the pens from now on! I got some Old TImey Cornfield pumpkin from the swap and planted it around your Mesquakie corn in the large, lower garden but it all died. I think something took a few while they were young but I did manage to get a dozen or so plants growing.
They are just about tall enough to start climbing now. They were, by far, our best tasting beans last year and they were also faster to start producing than the Blue Lake I was growing. They were not consistent in length so maybe not a good candidate for dilly beans or something you wanted to be uniform, but wonderful taste and production.
Thanks for giving them to me. PS Diane what kinds of things does your husband do? Just curious as we need a ton of things done here not sure if it is too far to travel for whatever he does.
They didn't call today so guess it'll be tomorrow. They need people to start Monday and they need to do physicals first shhh, no one mention the still-broken arm! They'll call either way, though, so not hearing isn't a bad sign. They're just up to their eyeballs in applicants. Don't give up hope! When we moved to WV, Dave my husband interviewed with Amazon. George, We use Medihoney all the time on our patients.
The wound care clinic here and the one in Claremore are really praising its healing powers. I take a tsp a day of local honey to help with my allergies and it has really helped. Here is a link that might be useful: Medihoney. Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw. Mehr erfahren. Ultimate Lighting Sale. Bathroom Vanity Sale. Bestselling Chandeliers and Pendants. Sign In. Join as a Pro.
Houzz TV. Houzz Research. Shop Featured Holiday Categories. Home Decor. Holiday Decor. Christmas Trees. Holiday Lighting. Gift Cards. Oklahoma Gardening. Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans not producing. Email Save Comment Featured Answer. Macmex 11 years ago. George Tahlequah, OK. Like 1 Save. Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. Okiedawn OK Zone 7 11 years ago. Cooper, Yes, pole beans are affected by the heat, and how much they're affected can vary depending on the variety.
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It comes in a number of varieties, so be sure to choose the best one to fit your space needs, i. Regarding pink jasmine, it will grow between the fence boards as well as over the top, regardless of what you want it to do.
Your neighbor will end up with almost as much on his side as yours. Do you want to remain friends with him? My mother's neighbor allowed his jasmine to grow up and over 60 feet of wood fencing, covering it entirely. He sure enjoyed it in the spring. The moisture all that growth had trapped in the wood and weakening it was also a factor. I find it convenient, but with my high ceilings, God help me when I have to replace the bulbs at the top which I fortunately don't use much.
Reminds me; I need to replace one of those good old bulbs I "stole" from the foyer, for the kitchen where I really need it! They are so small that from a couple of feet back, you wouldn't notice any pods at all. They are nearly microscopic. The vines show promise of producing one heck of a lot of beans.
My bush beans, planted at the same time, are now in the mature, shelly stage. So I think different types and different varieties have very different DTM. My pole beans are not producing either. I had the same problem last year as well. When the temps are really high, it does something to the pollen.
I think I have picked 10 beans off of my trellis and I have had 4 pickings from my bush beans. I just planted more bushbean plants 3 days ago and they have emerged, figure that will take my throuugh the fall.
I hate bending down and picking them, but at at least there is something to pick. I don't know if I am going to plant pole beans next year. They are in the same place as last year, but I add in lots of compost and till my garden very well so I don't think that would make a difference.
Maybe I will try them in another location, I don't know. I planted pole and bush beans as well. I do think the heat slowed down production. I picked a lot of bush beans but not as much as I would have if it were not so hot. My poles are just now producing. Like you said I had nice green leaves but not many beans.
But since it cooled of a little I see quite a few beans comming on. So I will get some. Just hang in there you may still have some beans. What kind of pole beans did you plant?
I planted blue lakes. Could the problem be related to pollination or lack thereof? This year, there seems to be very few insects around. Perhaps similarly at your area? I've thought of inviting a beekeeper to set up a hive in my yard.
Concievably, high humidity could effect pollen dropas it sometimes does with tomatoes. But the presence or absence of bees and other pollinators has no significant effect.
I think that Karen's problem was simply having a late variety. Pole beans vary widely in maturity dates. For example, Mennonite Purple Stripe was producing 6 weeks ago while Fat Man gave me the first small pods today. I've had the same problem - pole beans and scarlet runners. Loads of flowers, healthy plants, maybe 6 pole beans. Weather here has been decent this summer, not too hot, not too cool, not too humid, not too dry. Just the right balance for the most part of humidity, temps, rain, sun.
The puzzle remains and I'm running out of time to get beans to eat this summer! Gardenlad says: "beans are not dependent on pollinators; in fact they do little good. Beans are self-pollinating, and drop their pollen the night before the flowers open". I don't doubt Gardenlad's thorough bean knowledge and expertise, bus his statement begs explanation.
If indeed beans are self pollinating, then why do bean varieties cross pollinate despite being grown twenty feet apart?
Makes me wonder Also, to get pure bean seed, I understand that the plants must be bagged or caged if more than one variety of the same kind grows nearby especially if bumblebees are pollinators, since they travel relatively far. If the pollen has been dropped before the flower opens, then when the flower opens there is supposedly no pollen left for the bees to carry to the next flower, and cross pollination would supposedly not be possible.
Gee, my head's a'spinning Ruthie nailed it. Pole beans are procrastinators like me. My White Willow Leaf limas finally have miniscule pods. They've been producing their tiny blossoms for a long time. Keep the faith. So far as Gardenlad's statement about self-pollination is concerned, notice how carefully worded it is. It says "not dependent on pollinators", which is not quite the same as "not pollinated by pollinators". In my limited experience, beans are likely to have a small percentage of cross pollination from insects.
Perhaps one applies to your garden and another answer will solve someone else's problem. We'll discuss several common problems resulting in failure of beans to set fruit even when flowers are present. Pollination failure is indeed one potential problem. Some members of the bean family are self-pollinated, but some beans do require a pollinator honey bees or bumble bees. When there are plenty of other flowers nearby, the pollinators may avoid the beans because their nectar is lower in sugar content than flowers of other plants.
As the other flowers cease flowering, the pollinators may be more attracted to the beans. Night temperatures can also prevent fruit set. Even when pollen is transferred from one flower to another, the generative nucleus in the pollen must fertilize the ovule inside the ovary.
When night temperatures are high as they were earlier this summer when you sent your e-mail , this process fails and the seeds do not form and the pods drop. Woods Mountain Crazy Bean is a bush bean which has amazing resistance to hot summer conditions.
This is often a problem encountered by new gardening enthusiasts. In their excitement they want to help everything to grow and to do this, they … fertilize it. Beans are legumes. They produce their own nitrogen. When a gardener gives them nitrogen, they produce… lots of leaves and no pods. Remember not to fertilize beans!
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Milk goats are a natural for homesteaders who want to produce as much of their own food as. Why does this happen? Day length sensitivity can cause a bean either not to flower.
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