The Moveable Feast

Planting

On a rare sunny day this June, I planted the seeds.  I’m always eager to tear into the seed packets to see the shape, colour and texture of the seeds.  These Dragon’s Tongue Bush Beans have a distinct speckled appearance. The bean pod will mature in a way that resembles the seeds. Purplish/red stripes on the bean pod make them quite attractive for mid-summer munching straight from the plant.

One of my seed packets suggested planting the seeds at a depth 2 1/2 times the seed size. This is a nice rule of thumb.  I tend to get anxious about seed depth – to deep and they may take forever to come up, too shallow and they could get washed away with the rain.

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