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Went around to all the pole bean plants today and collected dry & semi-dry pods anywhere I found them. The harvest is really starting...

A few pictures from last week: Ma Williams is a standout variety due to those vibrant pink 6-inch pods. Garden is approximately 30'...

I started picking the first dry and soft Amber Queen pods. Bis will be ready for harvesting in a moment... ...and Zilie Hameleoni...

perhaps it's just a reference to the curly hair of the Northern Italians (and like in our case the curly red hair)? :) i dunno...

Interesting. I’m wondering about the curly podded/Kipfler strains. I have the impression that the term kipfler is sometimes used...

I'm second-guessing the Coal Camp beans as I'm now suspecting they could possibly be the September Blue. I reserved a few of the...

Some fall bean picks. I am loving the 'Grady Bailey Greasy' from @Decoy1, boy this has been an impressive variety. In a year like this...

I wonder too @Triffid. And I don't find that family of curly beans necessarily similar on all counts. Some of them seem extremely...

With common beans you oftentimes find traits mirrored in populations on both sides of the Altantic. Exceptions to this generalisation...

Sorry to hear that @jbrobin09. It's been a difficult bean year for me as well. It's good luck you planted Carminat, one of the earlier...

Yes! That's it! You know your beans @Oxford! I believe I grew the other Aloisia last year.

Usually, you cannot find such beans in cities and supermarkets and you will indeed find them only in small shops or through...

very nice looking purple bean. :) sorry it has ben a tough year...

Well, it’s been a terrible year for beans here. Our summer up until August only had a handful of days that broke 20C (none over 25C) so...

I have a relative traveling to Germany soon so I looked up Kipferlbohne and found some promising shops in Germany using that term. I...