Green Beans

 I do like green beans. I have only grown bush beans. Pole beans would take less garden space, except my vertical grow spots are full of tomatoes. Square foot gardening divides the garden into square foot sections. Each square can hold 9 bean plants. 3 rows of 3. Just put the seeds in their final spacing. No thinning, no wasted seeds. Each seed packet, stored in the fridge will last more than 1 year.

I put a section of chicken wire around my garden, above the concrete risers. Squirrels don't seem to like climbing over it. They were burying corn in my garden, which then grew in the wrong place. Not to mention that they were digging up my plants. It always seemed to be too late for the corn to mature, which was frustrating.

The onions from the next square are starting to mature and fall over. I plant a square or 2 of beans every week until 10 weeks before the average first frost date. Once they start maturing, that gives me a continuous harvest.