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Your Paula looks so very nice. I am going to try to grow it this summer. I haven't done a grow out on it since about 2018. Did you try...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 7 Bigarrada Gris Negre - Pole Dry. A Catalonian heirloom from Spain. To say this bean is productive is an...

Yes, I got this one from Metchosin. I wish there was a little more info about it, I might write to them and ask when I get some time...

Hello, my name is Artur and I'm addicted.

How many different bean varieties have you grown/eaten/collected so far?

Got a neat new bean called 'Jersey Pole'. Looks like a brown Vaquero. Planning to grow it this summer.

@Dahlia I think a few hundred, over 500 for sure. And yes, I realize I should get treatment :)

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 6 Bela Putersnica - Pole Dry. This bean did not do well this summer. I got some seeds where the colored...

Beans 2025 continued Laliberté - bush bean from Lothbinière, Quebec, Canada Schwarze Kugel - semi-runner, old German variety, very...

I'm not sure if you've heard yet @Blue-Jay but there is - possibly - some good news on the horizon for bean shipments. The friend who...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 4 Aunt Jeans Pole Dry Snap. Suppossedly a Canadian heirloom can be used for both fresh eating and dry...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 4 Batumi Georgia - Pole Dry. This bean also didn't produce much seed but got back the same seed that was...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 5 Batumi Silk - Pole Dry. This is one of the many beans brought to North America by world seed hunter and...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 3 Algonquin - Pole Dry. This bean came out of a packet of seed in 2015 from Will Bonsall (The Scattered...

yesterday i took some beans with me to the library to sort as they have a nice big table and good lighting. :) i got through a bunch...