Tiny discovery

I was checking out my pole bean vines growing in the kitchen today, counting up the pods. There's 5 skinny ones as long as my little finger, a few flowers.... and then I saw this itty bitty pod lying on the floor. It is 1/2 inch long (1.27 cm). Not sure why it fell off the vine, perhaps it was 'rejected'. But on the bright side, it offered me great photo ops.


After a couple hours off the vine it was starting to get limp and bruise easily, might as well slice it open with the exacto knife and get a look at the inside.....
seven tiny beans the size of sand grains!
ohhhhh, sweet :-)

Spring sprouts

I planted a few seeds in containers in mid-March and have kept them indoors ever since. Laxton's Progress peas, Little Marvel peas, Kentucky Wonder beans... as well as okra and a couple other things that didn't sprout.
The plants don't get full sun all day but I do try to shift them into direct indoor sunlight when it is available.
The Kentucky Wonder beans and Little Marvel peas have grown nicely and have begun to produce flowers.

Flower and buds on Kentucky Wonder vine in the kitchen. Soon the bean pods will emerge.





Yeah, that bamboo pole is not enough to keep two Wonder vines happy. Changes will have to be made....?








*omgcute!* Look at the tiny peas forming inside this Little Marvel pod! Truly marvelous ;-)