green beans

Three more of my bush Green Beans have died. The last rainstorm we had flattened them, and these the main stem snapped off at the base of the plant.

My strongest plant seems to be the aberrant one that is climbing the downspout!

And, probably not surprising, it's also giving me the best-looking most abundant crop of Green Beans. I picked all these just this morning.

I might have enough to can some after all! So... the one plant that reverted to the natural habit of climbing is doing best. Does this tell me something? Maybe I shouldn't try to grow bush beans anymore. Maybe I should save the best beans off this plant for next year's, and start growing them as pole beans like they probably were originally.