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Thanks! :) I got it in a seed trade with a fellow who collects very rare seeds, lots of Appalachian beans and native varieties as well...

Can you tell me where you got the black snake bean? All I can find when I search is some kind of gourd, and Chinese yardlong beans. I...

Our Illinois rain this year is SO SPOTTY!!! DH and I drove into C-U on Saturday, driving into and under a shelf cloud...

Three years of drought how awful. I hope the one year old drought we are having here doesn't go that long. We are in moderate drought...

I picked a couple of Apple Creek pods yesterday and steam cooked them. They were stringless. They are not growing in a good spot this...

What funny timing. He just showed up right at the moment I was going to take a picture of a flower. Normally I wouldn't be thrilled...

Hello! I am sitting waiting for the latest storm to rumble over and wondering if there will be a dry day coming up to dig the garlic. It...

The gardens are finally turning into Bean Town! :celebrate A very small number of the pole beans are developing pods, though most are...

Some more bean pics! The runner beans are just loaded with flowers! And there are itty bitty beans starting! I think they're up to...

Wow! Gorgeous seeds @Blue-Jay, that is a seriously early bean!

Thank you @Artorius for letting me know! I don't know why I assumed it was Polish?! 🙃

I got a surprise in my bean garden today. A bean that I got this past winter from a grower in Nanoose Bay, BC. It must be a bush that I...

@heirloomgal Graziskiai #1 is a bean from Lithuania. I got it from a Polish seed bank.

Tried to get out there and take some photos today. Was a bit late in the day, but was able to snap a few. Network bean, a bush type...

it's been such a crazy year here that i've not hardly even looked for the first harvest of fresh beans. i'll try to remind myself to...