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it's been such a crazy year here that i've not hardly even looked for the first harvest of fresh beans. i'll try to remind myself to...

Some of my bush beans are also oddly slow to make pods this year too. Not all of them, but a fair few. My Babcia Aniela bush beans...

Wow! Gorgeous seeds @Blue-Jay, that is a seriously early bean!

I got a surprise in my bean garden today. A bean that I got this past winter from a grower in Nanoose Bay, BC. It must be a bush that I...

Tried to get out there and take some photos today. Was a bit late in the day, but was able to snap a few. Network bean, a bush type...

Have you ever tried eating them as green beans @Decoy1? If I had planted more I would try them, but given how few plants I put in I...

I think I'm having a rather odd bean year. Early part of the season was dry and I watered. We have gotten more rain lately and I have...

An early sowing of Sunshine (yellow pole snap bean) that is growing in a hot, dry spot under the overhand of our neighbour's cherry tree...

It's an interesting year because I'm doing a 2nd grow out of several bean varieties I grew last year. I don't often do back to back...

It is my experience too that it’s very early. It’s a favourite with me. I love its cheerful earliness and also very much like its lovely...

as i'm weeding today i'm finding bean plants that look like pencils covered by the purslane. they were chewed off by rabbits or...

All beans have that inner white membrane inside the pods. I think that is to help the growing pod maintain moisture while the seeds are...

yeah, those bits fly around on the merest thought of a breeze.

I suspect they're best when the seeds are formed but relatively small. When i sampled them I didn't pick any that were overly large or...

What is the longest you can harvest the pods and still have them tender?