Comments on: Tonight’s Dinner: Garden Fresh Green Beans http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/garden-green-beans/ South Florida Raised Vegetable Garden Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: karahttp://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/garden-green-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-90 kara Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:18:12 +0000 http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/?p=383#comment-90 Hey, at least he's polite! :)Your beans look great! Purple beans are fun though. Look for the seeds in Lowe's! Hey, at least he’s polite! :)

Your beans look great! Purple beans are fun though. Look for the seeds in Lowe’s!

]]> By: Matthttp://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/garden-green-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Matt Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:06:06 +0000 http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/?p=383#comment-89 Surprisingly, Malcolm will eat just about anything if he is able to pull it off the plant. He doesn't mind eating a green bean or head of broccoli if he picks it and consumes it while still less than five feet from the plant.On the other hand, take either of those vegetables inside the house and put them on his plate and he politely declines.I swear we're going to start doing picnics in the backyard in front of the garden. He'll pick and eat his own dinner that way.—Farmer Matt Surprisingly, Malcolm will eat just about anything if he is able to pull it off the plant. He doesn’t mind eating a green bean or head of broccoli if he picks it and consumes it while still less than five feet from the plant.

On the other hand, take either of those vegetables inside the house and put them on his plate and he politely declines.

I swear we’re going to start doing picnics in the backyard in front of the garden. He’ll pick and eat his own dinner that way.

—Farmer Matt

]]> By: lpshttp://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/garden-green-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-88 lps Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:11:34 +0000 http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/?p=383#comment-88 Knowing Malcolm, this 'bean in teeth' picture is as close as that bean will get to his stomach. ha!He came by it honestly, though. His grandfather won't eat anything that is green, either. He thinks veggies are what food eats. Knowing Malcolm, this ‘bean in teeth’ picture is as close as that bean will get to his stomach. ha!

He came by it honestly, though. His grandfather won’t eat anything that is green, either. He thinks veggies are what food eats.

]]> By: ksteinhoffhttp://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/backyard-garden/garden-green-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-87 ksteinhoff Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:06:02 +0000 http://www.watchmyfoodgrow.com/?p=383#comment-87 The picture of my dad, your grandfather, was taken in what we called The Garden down in front of the lumber shed at Dutchtown.Dad rigged the downspouts of on the shed to run into a huge steel tank that had once been mounted on the back of a truck to spray on dust when they were building roads.One year they forgot to drain it before freezing weather and the valve at the bottom froze up and cracked.In the Flood of 93, it floated up to the front of the property, managing to miss at least three sheds. The picture of my dad, your grandfather, was taken in what we called The Garden down in front of the lumber shed at Dutchtown.

Dad rigged the downspouts of on the shed to run into a huge steel tank that had once been mounted on the back of a truck to spray on dust when they were building roads.

One year they forgot to drain it before freezing weather and the valve at the bottom froze up and cracked.

In the Flood of 93, it floated up to the front of the property, managing to miss at least three sheds.

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