As winter draws near, the gardening season slows down but is far from over. Beautiful, varying shades of greens are scattered throughout the garden. Damp soil, cooler days, and cold nights are the perfect conditions for lettuce, radishes of all types, turnips, collards, kale, mustard greens, cabbage, and other varieties to flourish. As a reminder of the produce from the summer months, canned goods line the shelves—jars of tomatoes, beans, peas, peaches, pears, and apples, just to name a few. Kentucky field pumpkins, along with cushaw, butternut, and blue Hubbard squash, are piled about the cellar floor. When Thanksgiving Day arrives, our family will enjoy the extended harvest of summer’s bounty.
Among my favorite seeds in my vast seed-saving collection is a bean which was said to have been included…
