I guess I was too anxious and may now pay with rotted seeds. You got it. Even with normal spring weather it is far too early to plant beans in your zone. You need to learn to check soil temps when it comes to planting. Some may make it. Just plan to replant more in 3-4 weeks - weather permitting. Planted at the right time they will easily catch up to any that survive this planting. Dave

I haven't checked how much rain we got but know it's more than plants needed all at once but I won't complain cause when in a few months we will beg for rain. My plants were taking off... now their like drowning rats looking a little limp and sad asking me to please take some of this water off me wet little feet. Plants on slopes are happy and with the sun shine today their at there happiest. I managed to get fert or compost/manure out on almost everything so now the yard smells like rotting doo, nothing like the smell of a beautiful garden in the near future? The dog's area is now a swamp and it will take weeks to dry out then when we go through no rain for months there will be cracks 3 inches in width and the depth goes to china.

I would have laughed out loud, but IÂve seen this joke before. ItÂs still funny. It also followed every criterion for posting on the GardenWeb and ThatHomeSite forums. Homemadecountrylife  you may have found this particular post offensive  but you donÂt get to police this forum. This is a commercially run forum. If you donÂt like it, well, leave. The moderators of IVillage do police the forum, and see nothing wrong with the post. I found your post more offensive than the original post, simply because you are trying to force your viewpoint on others. If you donÂt want to read this stuff  then just donÂt. This forum is certainly not meant for children, so don't expose your toddler to it.

@rouge - I wonder! Whenever finally I got a chance to go out there since covid with the back and forth (open/not open/curbside happening/not happening) it was never overly busy. I think it was off the radar for many folks. Whereas the chain nurseries here (Terra, Holland Park) were doing bonanza business. Of course, Lost Horizons is a place where you go if you are specifically looking for perennial plants; not the million other plant-related stuff you can get at other nurseries (annuals, baskets, soil, gazebos, pillows, fertilizer, insecticides, seeds...)