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Staley's Surprise - Bush/Dry/Snap? Photo Left. Sir Aurthur Staley was an Australian seedsman of the late 19th and early 20th century. He had two original beans. One was a bush and one a pole growth habit. I don't know if this bean is actually a snap bean or dry bean. I've never tried them for...

I have never heard of Wooly beans. Have you seen a description of what they are like?

Soissons Large white - Pole Dry. Photo Left. A rare heirloom bean grown since the mid eighteenth century near Soissons, France. According to some, a French strain of the old fashioned Case Knife Bean. It was introduced to America in 1841 according to the Magazine of Horticulture. This bean was...

Grandma Barnett - Pole Snap. Left Photo. The grandmother of a very well known Kentucky bean grower grew this bean. I don't know if it's stringless or if you have to destring the pods. Before Remy Orlowski passed away she offered this bean on her online Sample Seed Shop website. Karen Golden of...

This bean I have must not be an authentic Lengua de Lobo. I posted it on a facebook bean group and Guy Dirix tells me he's grown Lengua de Lobo and it's one of the earliest beans he's ever grown. He tells me it has purple pods. It's amazing that the bean I have has the same color and color tone...

Pink Standard - Pole Lima. The bean originates in Peru. It is not daylength sensitive. About as productive as most limas I have grown. I acquired this bean from a fellow in Iowa who had a lima collection. I believe he acquired the bean from the USDA seed bank in Pullman, Washington. This year...

No I did not input those lyrics. AI did all the words. I just wrote a short sentence or two what the song was to be about.

In this second song. I gave it some ideas about some of my original named beans and I thought it turned very nice. Below are the words and after that the link to the song. Field Of Beans [Verse] Fifty years under the sun Growing beans one by one Sending seeds to lands unknown In the soil...

Just for the heck of it I tried my hand of at creating an Artificial Intelligence songs of my life with beans. I created two AI songs the first one is below. After the lyrics is the link to the song. The second song one is in the post after. The Bean Legacy [Verse] Started small in a...

Red Calico - Pole Lima. Left Photo. This lima matures in over 100 days in season with other limas I have like Florida Specckled. I obtained this bean from a Seed Savers Exchange member from Tennessee in 2011 T.B Thweat. This family has grown this lima since 1790. This lima is said to have...

The little pots will be 8 oz. Styrofoam cups. I will use potting mix to fill the cups and plant one seed in each cup.

I got the last of the bean racks assembled this morning. I put together a few of them Monday and Tuesday. The last four of them this morning. Now I can move 198 bean seedlings in and out of the house during the period in early May when I want to get pole beans started early to plant later in...

Pisararecka Zlutoluske - Bush Snap Wax- Photo Left. Early in season. Hungaria variety. I been told it maybe the earliest for yellow snaps. Obtained this bean from a Pennsylvania grower in 2016. This years grower is from Seattle, Washington. Pride Pole - Pole Snap - Photo Right. The bean...

Merry Christmas Everybody, Pretty Beans To You.

Pea Bean Turkey - Pole Dry. This bean might be the one that has been grown in England for over 400 years. That's maybe I don't know for sure. Obainted it from a grower in Catasaugua, Pennsylvania in 2017. This bean has many look-a-likes. This is the most grown of the Network beans. This years...

Old Joe Clark - Left Photo. Also known as Pink Half-Runner and Red Peanut Bean, Old Joe Clark is an heirloom bean that produces early crops of 3 to 4-inch pods that mature from green to a unique fuchsia color. Traditionally used as a snap bean with a unique, somewhat nutty flavor as well as a...

Monachine - Pole, Snap, Dry. Photo Left. Monachine beans can be eaten fresh or dried. Fresh, they are stringless and yellow-green. The bean is an heirloom from Italy that was brought to the U.S. Pacific Northwest by Angelo Pellegrini, an English professor and culinary expert at the University of...

Yes you should wait before sending your packages. We don't want things sitting so long that they get lost and forgotten about forever. The U.S. post office is not accepting packages or mail to go to Canada. I'm sure the backlog is known about here.

Menenga - Bush. Left Photo. Maybe a snap bean. This years grow out was the first since I acquired the bean in a 30 pound (13.6 Kilos) bag of beans that Joeph Simcox collected in many places. I believe this is an African variety from Kenya. This years grower is from DeSoto, Wisconsin. Milk And...

Louisiana - Pole Snap - Left Photo. I have grown this bean as far back as 1979. It's been one of my favorites since. I have gotten small amount of snap pods to pick as early as 62 days. The real harvest starts at about 75 days. Green round pods with purple streaks. I pick these up to about 7...