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Thought it worth mentioning in case someone grows a tender heirloom. According to Bill Best who is an authority on beans, he says conventional beans have been bred with a “tough” gene for ease of picking And to keep those as far away from your heirlooms as possible. just food for thought.

I have several new to me beans this year, but It’s been an unusually cooler and wet start this year. I had a hail storm yesterday and my poor tomato and pepper plants took a bit of a whooping, but should recover just fine. Most every plant is loaded with fruit.

Piekny Jas is going to “jump” out the gate like Secretariat.

Happy Birthday!

@heirloomgal Those are sweet! Starry Night would have been a better name for Chester

@heirloomgal yes ma’am

The black & white beans are up.

@Bluejay77 with the prices of wood these days, you must have spent a pretty penny.

Does anyone grow beans from the Appalachian area? I have several in my collection and thinking of getting a few more. One that I’ve been looking at is called Big John. https://www.themountaineagle.com/articles/big-john-beans-originated-here/

@Bluejay77 Thank you! I don’t remember how old this seed is, so I really hope it produces! I put everyone of them in the ground. After reading at your site, I see it comes from Dan. I understand it being in my collection. I have a few of Dan and Val’s.

@heirloomgal The plot thickens. Beans are so much fun! @aftermidnight We’re talking beans buddy!

@flowerbug Thank you so much!

i received these in a trade and they were marked Calypso. I know that bean goes by several names such as Ying Yang, Orca, Calypso and maybe a few I don’t know about. A lady on another forum says they don’t look like what she grows as calypso. So I ask here. What say you?

@Zeedman look at your envelope at the top. It’s me.

@heirloomgal I’m not sure, it’s a Bonnie plant. It reads Giant Marconi.

@Zeedman thats going to be my guess too. It came from a big box store. It’s one of the Chef Jeff specials. Haha

I’m growing Corno Di Toro, Giant Marconi and something called Salsariffic.

Sure looks tasty!

@heirloomgal After I took off my cap off, figured it out. I know it’s supposed to be a thinking cap, but mines just makes me stupid. Hahahaaa! I figured any small bean without an overpowering taste would probably work. Black-eyed peas would not fit that description at all. Hahahaaaa. I’m...

Sounds Yummy! I use a lot of coconut sugar and agave for my sweetening and I bet it would be good! What are you calling pea beans? Remember I’m a Southerner, so when I hear the word pea, my mind goes straight to cowpeas. Haha On second thought, I bet 10 to 1 something like a navy bean would...