Beans Beans The Magical Fruit

After hardening off for only a week, I planted my bush beans in the ground on Monday. I should've waited longer, but they were starting to get leggy, I was having to water them twice a day in their newspaper pots, and I needed them out of the house...

I really liked Dan's idea of using cardboard with holes poked in it as a plant spacing tool. This made my task so easy! The empty section in the middle of the square is where I'll be placing a "drip system" milk jug to experiment with watering that way. My raised bed is 2'x4', so there will be 6 milk jugs in this bed. If anyone has experience with watering this way, please feel free to share your thoughts on the results!

I thought I had grown mostly Purple Queen because of the purple seeds, but looking at the plants today I think the purple seeds go to the Golden Roc d'Or, so most of this bed will be yellow beans, with a few Purple Queen, and the front row are all Green Slenderette. I have 10-15 Purple Queen left that I'm thinking of placing in front of my melons.

Here's a close up of the newspaper pots being burried...

To ease the shock of transitioning the plants into their new home a little early, I covered them with a sheet for two days to protect from the afternoon sun. It rained on Tuesday and Wednesday, so it wasn't sunny, but it was pretty windy. A few of the stems are bent. If they don't make it, maybe I'll replace with an extra plant.

I can't wait for yummy beans, especially after spotting this today...