It was not until twilight that I felt up to doing anything outside. Probably because I held off on taking any painkillers or muscle relaxants until 7 pm.
There is a section of wire fencing behind where the bee hives were when I had them in the yard. At one end is a young Concord Grape vine I started from a cutting off of one a friend had up on the Bayfield Peninsula before he moved to Montana with his family. The rest had simply been covered with ivy vines. It was not a problem to pull the vines away, then the small bricks which used to support the hives. About 9′ of fencing there without impinging on the Concord Grape, so I planted that with Scarlet Runner beans. Have not had much luck with that variety for a few years. Summers have been too hot for them to set pods, though they have flowered profusely. They will get a bit more shade where they are now so maybe more pods.
The “bean house” which is a three-sided shelter made from a tornado shredded gazebo (the salvageable parts) usually is where I have the Scarlet Runners, but cleaned out the weeds and planted Purple Podded Pole beans this time. I started at a bit after 8 pm, and finished about 845. Not too bad. One little piece at a time. It will get there. If the weather holds out, I will have help this weekend on field planting. If not, well, then will happen later.
