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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 50 In 2020 I discovered one off type plant in Victoria Brown Eyes that looked like Jacob's Cattle but... -
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I made a good discovery yesterday. I thought I had eaten those nice bean off types from the Milky Way. Apparently I put them in a jar...
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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 49 Tunny - Pole Dry. (Photo Left) I saw this bean on Beans & Herbs in the UK and two different sources...
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I went to my local library's seed swap today and was surprised to see that a local school is growing and breeding beans! Some varieties...
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PGI stands for Protected Geographical Indication. It's awarded when a crop or product has a strong link to a particular area. For...
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Michael Lusk replied to the thread 2026 Little Easy Bean Network – Plant A Garden, Water Your Soul, Join Our Family.@Blue-Jay Referencing my other post, I'd be more than happy to mail these to you if you'd like!
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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 37 Mrs. Martin's Heir - Bush Lima. I recieved this bean from my Lima breeding contact in Iowa in 2019...
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Michael Lusk replied to the thread 2026 Little Easy Bean Network – Plant A Garden, Water Your Soul, Join Our Family.Interesting! When I grew these as a network bean in either 2019 or 2020, I got almost exactly the same off type in the mix - it's a...
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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 34 Louisiana - Pole Snap. This has been one of my all time favorite snap beans since the early 1980's. I...
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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 33 Letcher County Fall - Pole Dry. Another productive Appalachian bean from Letcher County Kentucky...
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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 32 Karachaganak - Semi Runner Dry. Discovered in one of the Will Bonsall packets by our Little Easy Bean...
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Runner beans and pole beans can't cross pollinate, thankfully, the problem tends to be that while regular pole beans have low to medium...
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Michael Lusk replied to the thread 2026 Little Easy Bean Network – Plant A Garden, Water Your Soul, Join Our Family.One more question on the crossing. I'm going to be growing some runner beans this year which I've never grown. Does it make sense to...
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At this time of year, moose and deer leave such gifts here. A photo from a few years ago, but its meaning is still current.
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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 25 Galloway - Pole Dry. This is one of the outcrosses that was sent to me by Will Bonsall in 2015...
