I have tons of herb seeds I havent added to list yet but I would love some of the lavender Rose of sharon a few: fern leaf dill chamomile parsley thyme Plus more

I had some ants farming aphids on the eggplants a few weeks ago. I used 3 Tbsp. sugar, 1 c. water and 1 teasp. borax and shook it up. Soaked cotton balls in this solution and the ants have since disappeared. Took about 3-4 days. I put the cotton balls out in the PM and took them in for the PM lest any bees drink the solution. My aphids were stickers so I had to soap them, water wouldn't knock them off. Last night I went out for a bike ride for about an hour, returned to find a MILLION of those little round stink bugs all over the climbing beans. Grrrr! They were all caught in my hair too, hundreds of them. This is another of those buggy years.

Your pods are purple even when young? Mine were green until they began to be mature enough to shell, then the pods turned purple and and the pod walls thinned out. I didn't wait till they were completely dry, just till they were plump enough for shellies. You can also eat them young as a snap or green bean. They were tasty green, kind of fruity sweet. I also have Mississippi Silvers and White Whipporwills. The Silvers were twice as prolific as the Purples, crammed full of peas and more pods, but slower to mature to the shelling stage. They taste different green, kind of sharp and musky, almost a chemical taste. Am giving the Whites a few more weeks to fill out before shelling, haven't tasted green yet, maybe will try later today. Have shelled a couple of quarts of Contender and Calypso the last few days, too, and have been thinking maybe zipper bean strings aren't such a bad idea. It was especially difficult to get the not quite mature enough Silvers open. A succulent pod breaks off in pieces instead of unzipping at the seam. Had to score some of them with a knife.

ANYONE?