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Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 19 Diamont - Pole Dry - A gift to me from a bean friend in Austria who I believe may have acquired the...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 19 Delicous Giant - Pole Snap. Developed by the Gill Brother's Seed Company of Portland, Oregon and...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 18 Corree De Sang - Pole Dry, This bean also struggled. I got a few quality seeds to try over. Maybe...

@Heliena I love zinnias and wouldn't have a garden without them. That said, having planted them in every spare nook and cranny, I've...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 15 Cherry Trout - Bush Dry. This bean struggled during the summer of 2025. It also didn't like the...

This is such an interesting line of thought with seeds! It's so easy with animals; we all consider one generation distinctly different...

I learned something tonight about some beans that I've seen around, something I've always wondered. There's a company that sells...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 9 Blue Jay - Bush Snap. I think a lot of bean people already know the story of Blue Jay. I have the need...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 8 Bird Egg Blue - Bush Dry. Surprisingly this bean did very well in a place where some beans I grew...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 7 Bigarrada Gris Negre - Pole Dry. A Catalonian heirloom from Spain. To say this bean is productive is an...

Hello, my name is Artur and I'm addicted.

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...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show I grew one of Artur's beans this year. The 1500 Year Old Cave. 8 plants produce about 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg) of...

I just wonder if semi pole is what I would call a semi runner. I plant them on 8 foot long 4 foot wide handy panels from Tracktor Supply...