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oh dear are you in trouble. :) :) :) in a good way. :)

They're too beautiful to eat! I'll have to grab a new photo of them next time I'm home. My main concern was growing enough for seed...

You can use the Georgia 4 off types as food if you want. I had the best year ever with my Rio Zape grow out. That was due to our...

Pods start out as green but as they mature they turn a beautiful bright pink. The UPS guy thought they were flowers.

This is the only one I can find at the moment.

... i've been wondering how you were doing there, glad to hear from you and hoping the setbacks will be resolved.

I've had some major setbacks in the past month but finally posted my bean show in the 2025 thread. I'm currently in limbo on the 2026...

@Blue-Jay I've had some issues over the holidays trying to connect with my tech friend who is going to mail my parcel for me to you with...

Exciting to have the 2026 thread started so promptly and with much appreciated warm words. Great! Bobis d’Albenga (Albenga I believe...

Hello Everyone ! Here we are now in 2026 beginning our 14th year in this Network. At some point in time it felt like a family to me and...

Wren's Egg was the first dry bush bean to mature. Larger than the average dry bean and a decent harvest considering I lost two of the...

I had three reasons for choosing Schwarze Witwe. One was the German origin, another was the translation of the name (black widow) and...

Pinktip was a bit of a mystery as the seed return envelope was labeled Pinktip Greasy and that's how I labeled it. Pods and seed were...

Lazy Wife Greasy produced the largest Appalachian snap beans I've encountered to date. Beautiful full pods. First harvest...

Dean Family Greasy Cutshort was another that produced well. First harvest of these was mid-September. I believe these were the...