I’m thinking of entering the county fair

Posted on July 20th, 2008 by SusieJ

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.

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.

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 white flowers attract humming birds that come around each evening.

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.

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26 Comments

  1. Henitsirk ~ Jul 20, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Wow! Yay homemade fort! It’s beautiful.

  2. Beck ~ Jul 20, 2008 at 4:42 pm

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

  3. Gina ~ Jul 20, 2008 at 11:51 pm

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

  4. Tanya ~ Jul 20, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    awesome beans! awesome shot!

  5. carrie ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 1:05 am

    holy BEANS!

  6. MelodyA. ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 8:44 am

    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. megan ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 9:37 am

    wow — those are some serious beans. :)

  8. Christina ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 9:48 am

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

  9. killlashandra ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 9:53 am

    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. Jen ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 10:11 am

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

  11. NTE ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 10:18 am

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

  12. amy ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 3:09 pm

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

  13. Kim ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 5:27 pm

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

  14. louann ~ Jul 21, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    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. Painted Maypole ~ Jul 22, 2008 at 12:45 am

    those beans are awesome!

  16. golightly ~ Jul 22, 2008 at 1:57 am

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

  17. Maggie ~ Jul 22, 2008 at 8:00 am

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

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