I had a question for you about your beans. I planted the same ones I think (they look the same). Mine were called Scarlet Runners. I find they have a certain ‘velcro’ quality. How do you prepare them? The insides seem tasty enough, once you get past the fuzz. They look awesome with the red flowers all over the corn, fences, and anything else they can climb.

Thanks for the hilarious visual, LARRY!
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ANNA – Both systems were basically watered in a similar manner, simply having water pouring in periodically. What I found fascinating though was the fact that both of them always seemed to start draining out the bottom almost instantly – yet neither of them seemed to dry out the way my regular bucket systems did (the plants never really looked wilted – whereas if I didn’t water my buckets at least once a day during sunny weather, the plants would definitely start looking pretty thirsty!). That being said, I supposed that moisture differences could have easily had an impact – I have little doubt that the Worm Inn retained more simply due to the volume of material it holds. Then again, evaporation from the Worm Inn would have been far greater due to the increased surface area at the top and the greater “breathability”

There are no other plants growing in either system. The vegetation you are seeing in the background is part of my laundry line bean gardens