Here are a few more "catch up" shots from this season. First, an old Jack Carpenter cultivar that has performed well here ( front of border, as its a bit short). ENCORE OF BEAUTY: One hybridized in N. Florida - really different - FIN AND FEATHER: Two "buddies" although LBB looks a bit light here. This is EBONY JEWEL and LAVENDER BLUE BABY: A really cute little one from Pat Cochenhour. It might not look all that exceptional until you realize this perfect pinched crispate form is on a flower less than 4". LITTLE LEMON TWIST: One by Bob Carr that I fell in love with at the 2003 National Convention because of its wonderful substance. Came home, ordered it and still like PRESUMED INNOCENT. An oldie by Dick Webster that I still like: RED SUSPENDERS: Another old Jack Carpenter cultivar that does well here is REGAL CORONATION - huge flat blooms. Hybridized on LI by George Rasmussen is TIGER SWIRL: And this really old Ra Hansen cultivar is reblooming now - has bloomed for two months! TUNE THE HARP: Last one. This doesn't look like a David Kirchhoff, but it is: VIRGINIA LITTLE HENSON: Hope you liked these!

Mostly a wonderful year here, despite the wet beginning. All of my common beans bore seed except for Fortex, which had heavy losses in Spring & had to be replanted. All of the remaining plants were devoted to snaps, and have done well... the plants are currently racing the frost to put on a second flush, and we've already begun picking again. On all but two of the rest, every pod ripened, and seed production was heavy... at least a pound or two each. I'll be tallying the complete results later this month. Scotia was - and is - very late, but I'm picking dry pods now, and the freeze is not due for at least a week. The plants showed possible crossing (flowers of different colors), but I'm waiting to check out the dry seed. Hope I can offer it, because my original 2005 seed is nearly dead (only had a few seeds germinate this year) and no one in SSE is currently offering it. The one failure is King Horticultural, which appears to be diseased... I will (regretfully) be dropping it from my collection. SSE is again offering it, so I may try again in a few years with fresh stock. The German Butterbean lima produced plenty of seed, all remaining pods will be used for food. Sadly, the lima which was to be named Pan-Pacific Black & White appears to be daylength sensitive. Growth really took off in September & numerous pods have set, but they will not have time to ripen before the freeze. Both runner beans have done very well. Dry seed harvest is nearly complete for Tucomares Chocolate... and the good news is that after several years of trying to eliminate a white-seeded impurity that was present in the original stock, it appears I've succeeded, since all 30 plants produced brown seed. And after several years of growing Gigandes with poor results, seed production has been heavy this year, and still continues. The vines suffered no die-back as pods matured, and are now re-blooming furiously... chances are these will be the last snaps I harvest this year. All the cowpeas but one did really well, and produced plenty of seed. The one exception was Grey Adzuki (really a small cowpea) which was overwhelmed by thistle; I collected enough seed to grow it again, hopefully under better conditions. Yardlongs were not as healthy as usual this year, but they did OK, and also produced quite a bit of seed. The adzuki & mung beans have done well, and thanks to the late frost, the mung harvest continues. Sadly, the bush rice bean I obtained in a trade several years ago is daylength sensitive; the semi-vining plants are lush & beautiful, but there is still no sign of flowers... so obviously, it will not have time to produce seed. It was an interesting plant to grow, though. Velvet bean didn't make it either, although it does have a few flowers. It too appears to be either daylength sensitive, or very long season. The vines are rambling monsters that overran everything within 6 feet. Only 3/6 peas did well it this year, due to heavy Spring rains. A 4th produced enough seed for another attempt. The tepary beans - my first attempt with the species - did surprisingly well. I was able to germinate nearly every seed I had received, and planted them all... in retrospect, not very wise, since the tiny pods are very hard to find in the dense, mat-forming foliage. I have been fortunate that the weather recently has been mostly dry, so very little of the moisture-sensitive seed was lost to spoilage. In the end, on the advice of a grower in the southwest, I pulled up up the plants entire, and hung them in the garage to dry. I will thresh out the beans when the vines have fully dried. Soybeans were my biggest disappointment, since they were the most heavily affected by the heavy Spring rains. About half of the varieties I planted rotted in the ground, and were complete losses. Still, 7 varieties did very well, and 3 more produced enough seed to share. Two more are just now beginning to dry down, and should have time to mature before the freeze. All things considered, not a bad year for seed saving. It was a banner year for tomatoes & peppers, my best year ever... yes, hard to believe, but I do grow other things besides beans. ;-) I'm almost looking forward to the frost, so I can begin putting the garden to bed for the year.

Thank you everyone. Kublakan, I don't have too many wide angle shots, but here's a few and also some full bush shots. I didn't have the best beginning this year, but things did improve as the season progressed. Most of the pictures are from last year, with the exception of MIP and MEC, which are from this spring. Sunsprite Front yard rose bed Mme Isaac Pereire Mme Ernest Calvat America South side rose bed Tiffany Forgotten Dreams Front bed Dublin Bay

Thanks, Signet. I really should have said orange instead of yellow. I looked that one up. It is Kwanza. I read someone's mention of that Daylily here before. A friend gave me these daylilies years ago but they would not bloom or multiply well until I move them last year. We never discussed what they were and he has since passed away. It was just a large mixture of them around his business sign and he let me help myself to them.