We're taking the vines out today, blasted things only produced about two quarts of actual beans. My fault, probably, for planting them to close together. Ie. five seeds per square foot. Saved some seed for next year but will only plant one seed per square foot. Seems planting close together keeps the sun from getting into the plant and spurring flower and seed growth. Oh well, lots of good green stuff for the composter. Looks to be about two, maybe three bushels of vines. Will mow them over when it cools off, if it does, this evening. That should fill up the composter so will let that sit, turning it three times a day, until it is done and can be used in the gardens.
We also put all vegetable scraps into the compost bucket in the kitchen and then into the big composter. Coffee grounds, coffee filters, tea bags, crushed egg shells, whatever will compost with the exception of meat and bone scraps. Can't have a compost heap here, against HOA rules. I actually prefer a heap because then the earth worms inhabit the heap and help break everything down. Have been thinking of one of those earthworm farms, daughter has one and it works well for her small salad garden.
Hot as a two-dollar pistol out there and humidity running close to 100%. Only hope is the weather heads are predicting rain later today and, possibly, for the next seven to ten days. We can use it.
George