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with these Robert Lobitz purple beans you may lose a lot to shatter. i've grown most of them. :) i also prefer to shell by hand...

We have grown Viola for a few years now. Got our first seed from @Blue-Jay (thank you!). Each year we grow a little more since it has...

:) hahaha! always fun if you have the space for it. :) :) :) how many years have you been growing Viola?

Yes you have an outcross. It will be interesting to see what you get when you grow out some of those black beans.

We found quite a few red-ish black beans among last year's Viola as we were shelling them out recently. The pods were identical and we...

Been getting together some bean packets for the Seedy Saturday seed swap table. Going to do a little self promo and put my info on the...

Cont..../ Monachine For whatever reason this bean gave me trouble, and the seed wasn't as well formed as I like back in 2022. I...

Been taking some bean photos lately, some of beans that are not fresh but I don't have any pictures of them so I have to make due with...

Oh Wow ! What a crop you have had of Red Turtle beans. All those jars lined up in the photo look just grand !

I thought @Bluejay would like to see this - 32 pint jars of Red Turtle beans, all pressure canned and ready to eat. I snacked on a half...

Just for fun I will show you something I used to do with beans. This was back in 1982. Sealed in Decopour. I have got...