peas in pots

A couple weekends ago I started the second wave of pea & bean plants for the garden. Just to try something different, I started 15 bush beans in half gallon pots just to see how it went. Today when I transplanted these 15 bush beans into the garden I noticed that the beans had already developed an impressive root structure, which should help produce more beans.

Ofcourse only time will tell if this actually improves production, but given that you can pick up a 40 pound bag of organic potting soil for around $8 it seems like a fairly cheap way to get a lot of beans and improve the over all quality of the soil in the garden.