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I guess you really do live in a climate that is considerably warmer than mine @Blue-Jay, to get the tan coloring. Mine were so blue...

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...

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

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

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...

Yes, that's why. The Canada postal system (and probably many European countries as well) are no longer able mail parcels into the US...

Some of the very poor producing beans I might consider weeding them out of the collection and eating them.

I grew Badda Nera last year too @Blue-Jay and had the same results, poor. It was also really, really late. Way too late for my climate...

Pretty beans!

@Blue-Jay Those lovely red colored half white beans were ones i tried to grow called Frost (i think they were called :) ) and i...

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 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 4 Aunt Jeans Pole Dry Snap. Suppossedly a Canadian heirloom can be used for both fresh eating and dry...

I have a network grower in Germany that I have not hear from at all. The network grower I have in France messaged me and said he could...

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...