Sorcerer's Apprentice?

A couple of months ago, we noticed that a volunteer green bean plant was sprouting in the raised bed.  (See: Nobody Told Them ).

Sprouting

It's easy to lose track of green bean pods on the vine; one day it's a little pod too small to pick, and the next day it's three feet long and too tough to eat.  That's what it seems like, anyway.  And sometimes one of them gets missed and stays on the vine until it dries up and the seeds fall on the ground and sprout when the rains come, even though they're not supposed to want to germinate until the weather gets warmer.

Mature Plant

 So now the vine is fully mature and producing green beans.  Lots and lots of green beans.  Every day, more beans.

One of Many

We're still working on all the green beans Cindy picked and froze last summer, and probably some from the summer before that.  The plant is not only showing no signs of slowing down its production, but seems to be going into overdrive.

Lots and Lots of Beans

It's a good thing we like green beans.