Magic Beans Take Root on East 19 St?


by on Aug 17th, 2009

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Over in Bedford-Stuyvesant, when wildflowers are spotted, it’s internet news. Here in Sheepshead Bay, news is made when we spot an interesting front lawn or backyard vegetable garden.

This time, though, it’s not really a vegetable garden. The growth catching our attention is more like a beanstalk — a giant beanstalk of the the fairy tale variety, that is.

We’re wondering if the kid who threw those special beans into his mother’s front yard on East 19 Street (near Avenue Z) is Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk or of Jack and the Giant-Killer Project. Whichever tale it is, we sure hope that it ends in the traditional way. The headline for that followup story is already written: “Sheepshead Bay Beanstalk Trails To A Golden-Egged Goose!” — or, on second thought, we just might not share that story with you.

[Disclaimer: No horticultural knowledge was applied to this story, because as in the case of the eerily similar, but still unidentified subway track trailer -- the variety of this plant is, also, unknown.]

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  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001 Lisanne!

    That’s the way it is this year. All sorts of a phantasmagorical growth. A little more rain and this might actually disappear into the sky.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001/ Lisanne!

    That’s the way it is this year. All sorts of a phantasmagorical growth. A little more rain and this might actually disappear into the sky.

  • Ray Johnson

    Yeah, except for the tomatoes in some places that have the blight.

  • Ray Johnson

    Yeah, except for the tomatoes in some places that have the blight.

  • http://www.njluxurymotors.com Arthur Borko

    Beans Beans the musical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot!

  • http://www.njluxurymotors.com Arthur B

    Beans Beans the musical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot!

  • Ray Johnson

    Cool, now all I have to listen for is Jack tooting and we’re onto the goose w/the gold.

  • Ray Johnson

    Cool, now all I have to listen for is Jack tooting and we’re onto the goose w/the gold.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001 Lisanne!

    Maybe we can find a clue from this 1952 Abbott and Costello film on The Internet Archive

    http://www.archive.org/details/jack_and_the_beanstalk_ipod

    You can watch it on the page or download it in various formats.

    It’s public domain so one can legally own a downloaded copy.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001/ Lisanne!

    Maybe we can find a clue from this 1952 Abbott and Costello film on The Internet Archive

    http://www.archive.org/details/jack_and_the_beanstalk_ipod

    You can watch it on the page or download it in various formats.

    It’s public domain so one can legally own a downloaded copy.

  • http://www.antsrants.webs.com/ Anthony

    Damn those kids! I told them that the Miracle-Gro had to be diluted with water first. Pouring it on full-strength could have catastrophic results. It’s just like the time I told them not to over feed the goldfish. So what do they do? Next thing you know, I have a gargantuan goldfish taking up half the swimming pool!

  • http://www.antsrants.webs.com Anthony

    Damn those kids! I told them that the Miracle-Gro had to be diluted with water first. Pouring it on full-strength could have catastrophic results. It’s just like the time I told them not to over feed the goldfish. So what do they do? Next thing you know, I have a gargantuan goldfish taking up half the swimming pool!

  • Ray Johnson

    Anthony, before we “damn” those kids, let’s just wait and see how much the golden eggs weigh!

  • Ray Johnson

    Anthony, before we “damn” those kids, let’s just wait and see how much the golden eggs weigh!

  • Johncp

    This appears to be an empress tree – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia_tomentosa
    when they are young they grow incredibly fast due to being more vegetable like and less woody – google young empress tree or young paulowina and you should get some similar pictures – John