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    2023 Little Easy Bean Network - Beans Beyond The Colors Of A Rainbow

    Thank you! I had looked everywhere for information, even trying in French, given the name.
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    2023 Little Easy Bean Network - Beans Beyond The Colors Of A Rainbow

    I'm in the UK and about to start sowing my beans and I have an identification request please. Does anyone recognise these beans? I received them in a seed swap and they came with a name, La Vache, but no other information. I'd really like to know if they are bush beans or climbing beans before I...
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    2023 Little Easy Bean Network - Beans Beyond The Colors Of A Rainbow

    Mine look just like those beans (pictured below). They remind me of a more speckled Yin Yang bean.
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    2023 Little Easy Bean Network - Beans Beyond The Colors Of A Rainbow

    I received some Uzice Speckled Wax beans in a seed swap this winter so I'll be growing them for the first time this summer. Glad to hear that they're good ones and so pretty too.
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    What are you planting "new to you" this year?

    I'm trying to grow a melon for the first time, the Minnesota Midget. That's the main new thing, otherwise several new varities of tomato, pepper and beans too. I received two different types of achocha seeds in seed swaps too so I'm going to try one of those. Reading about it, I can't figure...
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    Hello from England

    I start my main tomatoes on St Patrick's day, the same day I usually take my tortoise out of hibernation, though with the current cold weather the tortoise may have to wait a couple of weeks longer. I've already sown a few Tumbling Toms and they're growing on a sunny windowsill. I like to...
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    Hello from England

    Tomatoes do very well for me. I don't have a greenhouse so they have to take their chances outside. I generally grow cherry and medium sized tomatoes with the occasional experiment with large beefsteaks (Orange Jazz last year which did surprisingly well albeit very late). Last year my...
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    Hello from England

    Hi, I've lurked for a while and enjoyed reading about everyone's gardens, but this year I thought I'd join in. I particularly like growing beans, tomatoes and squash with as many different shapes, sizes and colours as I can fit. I also enjoy growing herbs and flowers. Growing from seed (and...
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