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Those are gorgeous, Russ. Are they from that "largest collection of Limas" guy I saw mentioned in passing on the Facebook group?

Yep, happens very often! If you take a close look you'll see that nearly all beans have flowers that change color as they age. So for example it's pretty common that the buds and young flowers may be yellow, the fully-open flowers white, and the old, shriveling flowers pink. I tried to be...

I was curious about the name, and found some pages about carriage dogs/coach dogs, which apparently were trained to run alongside carriages to provide security against bandits. Wikipedia says: "The dogs were trained to attack the horses used by highwaymen, giving the owners' human security time...

Like Russ says, beans don't like being transplanted all that much, but if you're trying to stretch your season you can start the seeds inside and then plunk them in the ground right as soon as they sprout. I do that a lot myself. It gives them a head start (the plants will grow at lower...

Is this Tricia from Facebook? If so, hello from California! To join just say hi to Russ, he's in charge. He usually takes this time of the year off the forum, and will start up a brand new 2016 thread in April.

It is indeed! October 3rd from 9am "until everyone leaves," which last year was about 3. The trading stopped a bit before that and those of us remaining were taken on a farm tour (most of the action was in the morning, it slowed down a ton after noon). Some people were talking about maybe...

Anybody here going to the Berea seed swap this year? I'm going and will have a spot at a vendor table, even! I'm making this year's trip into a little vacation-- going to tootle around Illinois for a bit (my home state but lots of it I haven't seen yet), and go over to Mammoth Cave National...

Haha, I'm learning all kind of euphemisms today! I posted the FPJ photo on a facebook bean group and someone asked if they were a result of "stepping out." :gigIt does look rather lurid! I got my seed from Germany and this is the first year I've grown it, so the cross would've happened over...

Oh hello, just noticed I was tagged in this thread! By coincidence I just made a post mentioning climate-related coloring/pattern differences in the Bean Network thread today. Here's a plate of Giant Red Tarka. The ones on the left were grown in Wisconsin, and the ones on the right were grown...

I've been hovering impatiently over my outcross beans growling "ripen! ripen!" and today the first ones did and I am pleased as punch! Here are two of the children of the cross I was calling Blossom Valley back in post #277: The ones on the left don't have the streaking of their parent...

You sure did, @Bluejay77! And lol @ holy hilum. :D Have you gotten things from him before? I actually had couple other crosses from seed from him. Skunk/Flagg also made some solid black, flattish seeds, and Maggie's Crescent also made this one here: Which I like, but it will have to wait...

I'm taking a break from the bean network this year since I have a ton of my and other people's projects I'm growing out. But I have some outcrosses/sports that I'm really excited about that I want to show you guys. They're all flowering by now which has only increased my impatience for the...

@Ridgerunner, I grew Lohrey's Special last year and it was a champ, I think you'll enjoy it. Very productive, trouble-free, great big long pods and big seeds, pretty flowers. I got mine in a trade from Germany but it's from the Lohrey family in Tasmania originally. Supposed to have a...

This is timely since I got a few Lazy Wife Greasy from the Best farm this fall and was debating whether to grow them this year or save them for 2016. I think I ought to plant them so we can all compare our various wives' laziness. :) Here's a photo: Those seeds were from "last of the...

@Nyboy, does that ever-bearing mulberry have a variety name? A friend made mulberry ice cream last summer and it was fantastic, so good that I immediately added mulberry to my "someday orchard" list. I have a slightly different version of the original question-- does anybody grow fruit trees...