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Beans because they're the only thing the @#$& varmits haven't bothered this year.

Same here! I harvested my first Arlington Red Cranberry pod last evening and was so elated!

The end begins! It's bittersweet, always sad to see the summer end but happy to harvest seeds. There also have a few stragglers that...

That pink is gorgeous! 💞

yes, this is the time of the year when beans are somewhat finishing up and they can look rather beat up between the weather, Japanese...

Went around to all the pole bean plants today and collected dry & semi-dry pods anywhere I found them. The harvest is really starting...

A few pictures from last week: Ma Williams is a standout variety due to those vibrant pink 6-inch pods. Garden is approximately 30'...

I started picking the first dry and soft Amber Queen pods. Bis will be ready for harvesting in a moment... ...and Zilie Hameleoni...

perhaps it's just a reference to the curly hair of the Northern Italians (and like in our case the curly red hair)? :) i dunno...

Interesting. I’m wondering about the curly podded/Kipfler strains. I have the impression that the term kipfler is sometimes used...

I'm second-guessing the Coal Camp beans as I'm now suspecting they could possibly be the September Blue. I reserved a few of the...

Some fall bean picks. I am loving the 'Grady Bailey Greasy' from @Decoy1, boy this has been an impressive variety. In a year like this...

With common beans you oftentimes find traits mirrored in populations on both sides of the Altantic. Exceptions to this generalisation...

I have a relative traveling to Germany soon so I looked up Kipferlbohne and found some promising shops in Germany using that term. I...

I have got a handful of unknown bean seeds where it was told to me that they should come from Styria. As all seeds have been round and...