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Gimp also runs well on Windows 😁. And I have recently started using a program called RawTherapee which complements Gimp and seems to be a very good photo editor. Both free / open-source.

You're right, @BeanieQueen - those do not look like mine. I haven't noticed any significant yellowing, but this is the first year I have grown them. You can see in the photo below of the seed I planted and the seed I harvested - there does not seem to be much difference in color. Has anyone...

Welcome @Dahlia! I have grown sprouts many times (usually from a purchased mix) and there are often mung beans mixed in. Typically the cotyledon of the seed will get used up by the sprout and the seed coat rinsed away before you eat the sprouts. You can certainly sprout common beans also, but...

Happy New Year @Artorius! Amazing photos of great beans - wow! Do you polish your beans? They look so good.

Thank you @meadow! It was probably Fedco that I read about Marfax making a good baked bean. Thanks for sharing your experience with the bean, too. I'm excited to try it.

Thank you @heirloomgal - very informative. According to the article, Fukuryu Chunaga was expected to be replaced by Fuku-uzura, though I don't see much mention of that bean online either. Interestingly, one of the distinguishing features of that plant was determinant dwarf (bush?) vs...

Sulphur My last network bush bean for 2022. I grew this because someone had mentioned they thought it could be the same as Hutterite, which I have also grown. It is not the same bean in my opinion. Something that surprised me is that it turned out much rounder than the beans shown on...

Striped Bunch This bean turned out prettier than I was expecting. The appearance was a complete surprise since I couldn't find a photo before I grew it. It did grow with some runners though it is listed as a bush bean. There was a fair number of solid black beans mixed in, which I think...

Marfax I was excited to grow Marfax because I have read that it makes a good baked bean. I can't remember now where I read that. By next year I should have enough for a batch of baked beans. There is something warm and pleasant in this round, brown bean. Note - this is NOT the entire yield...

Label I admit that half the reason I grew this bean is because I thought it would be ironic to write its name on the row label. Now I find it ironic that I didn't get a photo of the Label label. This was a pretty good bean to grow, label or not. One benefit to growing an all-white bean is...

Globula One of my favorites! The name makes me think of outer space - like a combination of globe and nebula. It is a bit out of this world. Globula produced nice beans with a great color and pattern. I did not try it as a snap. This reminds me of pictures I have seen of Rotebeerbohne...

Fukuryu Chunaga This one is not only fun to say, it was fun to grow and produced handsome seed of good size. It is listed on abeancollectorswindow.com as having Japanese origin. I would love to know more about the bean and what the name means. Fukuryu Chunaga seemed to require a bit longer...

Evolutie Not much to say about this one. A nice bean and it produced well. Very nice dry pods and easy shelling. I love the rich burgundy leather color that this bean shows in some light.

Cappuccino Nano As I mentioned elsewhere, this bean did not grow well for us this year. We struggled to pull together enough seed to return and it didn't look like what we planted. I think the concensus here was that the seed we planted must have crossed, but I'm wondering if there could be...

We grew several bush varieties of network beans this year. I appreciate that they generally ripen faster and don't require much support. A few varieties surprised me in both respects, however. I love the variety in beans, though - not only in size, shape, and color of the dry bean but also...

Such nice photos, @heirloomgal. I love them!

Prince Purple What a handsome bean this is! Not our stongest producer, but large and with such a nice color. Two of my sons chose this one to grow. I am pretty sure this first picture is Prince Purple at shelly stage, but don't quote me on that.

Mugungi This one did not do well for us. We tried to grow it as a pole bean but it wouldn't climb. It didn't produce well and the seed quality want what I had hoped for. I will try it again next year for the challenge, and to see if I can draw out the color and shine. Does anyone have...

Lucie My daughter choose this one to grow. I was happy to see that it produced well and true to the photos on abeancollectorswindow.com. It's a beatiful bean - large, a joy to shell, and with a nice coat. I had the same transplanting issues with this one as I mentioned in my precious post...

I am going to try to squeeze a bunch of 2022 bean photos in before the end of the year. First up - network pole beans. Cherokee Trail Of Tears We started our pole beans inside this year, which was a first for me. Unfortunately, I either waited too long to transplant or didn't harden them off...