I’m thinking of entering the county fair

with my prized beans. You know you’ve reached success when you’re skeptical Father says, “I’m amazed at how well your fort does look after all.” Despite the junkyard trellises, the discarded branches and posts full of Irish Spring Soap. Not only can I say that the fort a success, but the beans are so mighty, Jack-In-The-Beanstalk BIG, I think I should win a prize or something.

If any of you have grown beans before, you know that for maximum flavor, the beans taste best when picked just before they rich full maturity. However, this variety, the Jack-In-The-Beanstalk variety, is meant to grow beans that are 10-12 inches in length. The beans, primarily because they are fresh off the vine when I cook them, have this succulent, earthy, light taste that makes you ALMOST want to ban sour cream potato chips from your diet forever.

The 20 foot vines on the fort have wrapped themselves so beautifully around those junkyard trellis so

that all you see are those big, beautiful draping leaves, and no longer the pathetic, sight-for-sore-eyes monstrosity.

If you’re thinking about building a similar fort, I encourage you to get these Jack-In-The Beanstalk Seed from Seeds of Change. The vines seem to be very hearty, and give you quite a show in one short season.

One evening I saw humming birds fluttering around from white flower to white flower. It was one of those moments when you knew as soon as you left to grab your camera, the birds would be gone; so, you might as well just stay here and enjoy their amazing delicate dance from flower to flower.

The Japanese Beetles were difficult to battle against, but the vines seemed to be undaunted by a few little holes in the leaves. Still, the boys reported that one morning a “huge spider web caught thousands of Japanese Beetles.” It was knocked down before I could witness the web.

Not only can I say that the fort a success, but the beans are so mighty, Jack-In-The-Beanstalk BIG, I think I should win a prize or something. If any of you have grown beans before, you know that for biggest flavor, the beans taste better when picked when they’re small. This variety, however, the Jack-In-The-Beanstalk variety is meant to grow to 10-12 inches. The taste is amazing. Because they’re fresh off the vine when I cook them, the beans have this succulent, earthy, light taste that makes you ALMOST want to ban sour cream potato chips from your diet forever.

The vines on the fort have wrapped themselves so beautifully around those junkyard trellis so that all you see are those big, beautiful draping leaves, and no longer the pathetic, sight-for-sore-eyes monstrosity. I’m very excited about my Dad seeing the fort, now in all its green glory.

If you’re thinking about building a similar fort, I encourage you to get these Jack-In-The Beanstalk Seed from Seeds of Change. The vines seem to be very hearty, and give you quite a show in one short season.

One evening I saw humming birds fluttering around from white flower to white flower. It was one of those moments when you knew as soon as you left to grab your camera, the birds would be gone; so, you might as well just stay here and enjoy their amazing delicate dance from flower to flower.

The Japanese Beetles were difficult to battle against, but the vines seemed to be undaunted by a few little holes in the leaves. Still, the boys reported that one morning a “huge spider web caught thousands of Japanese Beetles.” It was knocked down before I could witness the web.
so that all you see are those big, beautiful draping leaves, and no longer the pathetic, sight-for-sore-eyes monstrosity. I’m very excited about my Dad seeing the fort, now in all its green glory.

If you’re thinking about building a similar fort, I encourage you to get these Jack-In-The Beanstalk Seed from Seeds of Change. The vines seem to be very hearty, and give you quite a show in one short season.

One evening I saw humming birds fluttering around from white flower to white flower. It was one of those moments when you knew as soon as you left to grab your camera, the birds would be gone; so, you might as well just stay here and enjoy their amazing delicate dance from flower to flower.

The Japanese Beetles were difficult to battle against, but the vines seemed to be undaunted by a few little holes in the leaves. Still, the boys reported that one morning a “huge spider web caught thousands of Japanese Beetles.” It was knocked down before I could witness the web. Next year, I have bigger plans, as I write at Midwest Parents.

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17 Comments

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  1. Wow! Yay homemade fort! It’s beautiful.

  2. Those look GREAT.
    And there’s nothing more fun, really, then entering stuff in the fair.

  3. Yummo to veggies! I wish my garden looked like that!

  4. awesome beans! awesome shot!

  5. holy BEANS!

  6. Holy cow. The vine itself is just so wonderful. It brings back memories of when I was young because my parents used to grow string beans in the backyard and we used to pick them and eat them while playing. Yum.

  7. wow — those are some serious beans. :)

  8. Yes, I’d say you should enter the fair. Those are incredible!

  9. Wow, your beans look awesome! You should totally enter them in the county fair. :) Ours is next month and I’ve been debating about what to enter myself in the fair.

  10. Yeah, you should definitely enter them into the county fair.

  11. those are some killer beans.. beware of giants and hens with golden eggs.

  12. they are amazing girl. I was here this morning with my mouth hanging open in shock- holy giant! Yr amazing as usual! :)

  13. Now those are some mighty big beans!!!! That fort looks really cool.

  14. almost a foot long! I’ve only eaten beans about half a foot. But I must say, you did a great job with the fort!

  15. those beans are awesome!

  16. Very cool! I have a teeny-tiny bean stalk, but it’s not thriving too well lately…

  17. Holy cow! I think that I need your green thumb to rub off on me!

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