Autumn Musings – What worked & didn’t this year – part 3 of 4

Okay, folks, here are some things that did work this year.

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="1039" data-permalink="https://priorunitygarden.blog/2019/11/28/autumn-musings-what-worked-didnt-this-year-part-4-of-4/beans-3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/beans-3.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"","camera":"moto x4","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1571306841","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"65","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="beans 3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="

dried christmas lima beans

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/beans-3.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/beans-3.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1″ class=”size-medium wp-image-1039″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/beans-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1″ alt=”dried christmas lima beans ” width=”300″ height=”225″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />

Lets go back to those pole beans, they were Christmas Limas, one of our favorites. We got LOADS, I am seriously so many beans.  We have had five means from them, have enough for another 8 or so meals of them fresh and a half gallon dried for winter.  So .. eve thought we had to repair the deer fence – we got load of luscious beans!

 

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="1076" data-permalink="https://priorunitygarden.blog/2019/11/25/autumn-musings-what-worked-didnt-this-year-part-3-of-4/christmas-limas-fresh/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-fresh.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"","camera":"moto x4","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1573238054","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"272","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="christmas limas fresh" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="

Freadh Christmas lima beans

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-fresh.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-fresh.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1″ class=”size-medium wp-image-1076″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-fresh.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1″ alt=”fresh lima beans” width=”300″ height=”225″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="1077" data-permalink="https://priorunitygarden.blog/2019/11/25/autumn-musings-what-worked-didnt-this-year-part-3-of-4/christmas-limas-color-progression/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-color-progression.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","credit":"","camera":"moto x4","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1573239416","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"159","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="christmas limas color progression" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="

Ripening progression of Christmas lima beans. Left are the youngest. Right are dried.

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-color-progression.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-color-progression.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1″ class=”size-medium wp-image-1077″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/christmas-limas-color-progression.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1″ alt=”colors of christmas limas ” width=”300″ height=”225″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />

 

Tomatoes! Have you ever been sick of too many fresh tomatoes? I didn’t think it was possible, but it is. Gratefully, everyone loves them, so they are easy to give away.

Have been experimenting with pruning the last few years and have gotten it to keeping two to three leaders and pinching out the suckers.  One leader – they were too tall to harvest.  Not pruning enough suckers and they didn’t get enough air flow so we got diseases.

 

 

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="1072" data-permalink="https://priorunitygarden.blog/2019/11/25/autumn-musings-what-worked-didnt-this-year-part-3-of-4/img_5630/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_5630.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2048,1536" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot S30","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1249751592","copyright":"","focal_length":"7.09375","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5630" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="

Crispers packed with tomatoes

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_5630.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_5630.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1″ class=”size-medium wp-image-1072″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/priorunitygarden.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_5630.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1″ alt=”” width=”300″ height=”225″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ />

Speaking of tomatoes – Check out my Grow Great Tomatoes Master Class

The post Autumn Musings – What worked & didn’t this year – part 3 of 4 appeared first on Innovating Organic Gardening.