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I think I'll take a pass on this. I don't want anything that is self seeding. I think I will stick to my Zinnias.

I was baking the Acorn squash the same way. After the pieces cooled down I scraped the soft meat of the squash out with a large spoon. But it in a bowl added some butter and a little brown sugar and mashed and mixed it all up with a potato masher. Put the fisnished product in quart containers...

I got these Acorn squash seeds last year out of an acorn squash. The peron that grew these acrons also grew some variety of pumpkins close by. I cleaned out the acorn squashes last year and threw the skins the seeds out in one of the backyard garden plots. Mild weather in February and I got the...

What is this and is it planted from seed? Is it an annual? What does it look like and how large does it grow?

Blue Coco - Pole Snap. Left Photo. Purple poddes snap bean in about 72 days. Can be harvested at 3" as filet beans, remain tender to 5" without getting stringy. Supposedly tolerant of both heat and drought. French heirloom with likely primary origin in the Rio Coco area of Nicaragua and...

Blue Speckled Tepary- Prostrate. Left photo. Adapted to the desert southwest. They will grow on as little as 2 inches of annual rainfall. They will grow in more humid climates and will produce more foliage given more water. I acquired this bean in 2013 from Marshall Smyth of Potter Valley...

You might want to try spacing your rows at about 8 feet (244 cm) apart and in the middle 4 feet (122 cm) plant a row of flowers like Zinnias. The flower pollen might dilute the bean pollen enough to cut down on crossing a lot. I save my Zinnia seed for planting with beans. I once was looking...

Belgische Suppenbohne - Pole Dry. Left Photo. Interprets into English as Belgian Soup Bean. I acquired this one from my Austrian bean friend in Liebenfels in 2015. This years Network grower turned in beautiful seed. It was grown in De Soto, Wisconsin. Blaugraue - Pole Dry. Suppossedly a blue...

Barry Island - Pole - Left Photo. Network Bean. I'm not sure of the beans useage. I acquired this bean from Annette Barley of Nanaimo, British Columbia in 2016. This years grow out was done by a Network grower in Auburn, Indiana. This grower always turns in nice quality seed. Batumi Giant -...

Alma's Pa - Network Bean. Pole Lima. Left Photo. Dark purple almost black looking seed. Very productive. This bean has been grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch in southeast and south central Pennsylvania. Originally collected this bean from a fellow in Kingston, Masschusetts. Grown this summer by a...

I thought it would be fun to post all the Network beans that have come in so far. I spent all day yesterday photoing these beans. Anakin Kuvalli Giant - Pole Dry. Left Photo. This was a bean that Joseph Simcox brought into the country from Europe. I think Bevin Cohen of the Small House farm in...

A couple of years ago Guy Dirix posted a photo of Pawnee he had grown in soil where he mixed in a lot of compost. So he raised the organic matter. His Pawnee when he harvested the seed had lot of white with a decent size brown patch around the eye and small spotting more than what I get when I...

Vermont Mohawk - Pole Dry. Left Photo. The last two grow outs I had trouble getting any volume of seed out it, but the seed that was produced was excellent in quality, just a very small amount. This year the big harvest happened. It again produed nice quality beans. Native American bean given to...

Turkey Craw - Pole/Dry/Snap - Photo Left. I think we all know the story of the original bean being found by a hunter in the craw of a turkey. This bean alawys seems to be a reliable grower. This year was no exception. I have never tried them as a snap bean. Has anyone tried eating Turkey Craw in...

Tonawanda Strawberry - Pole Dry. Left photo. Native North American bean. I got this from Eleanor Hucker in 2019. Eleanor has Michigan Staple Seeds. I grew this in 2019 and it didn't do well that year. This year I got a small amount of seed again but it was nice quality seed. True Red Cranberry...

Ask me for the Seneca Bird Egg. I'll send it, so you can grow it out this coming year. I know mine will grow. I just added another page today to my website. Page seven Se-Z. Whatever you want on those pages it's your for the asking. There are new beans mixed into all the other six pages. Have...

Seneca Bird Egg - Pole Dry. Left photo. Native American variety. Given to me by a native man from Pittsburgh, Pennsylavania in 2014. I think there is a pretty good amount of interest in native beans. I get fairly regular requests for Seneca Bird Egg. Small Red - Pole dry. Photo right. Very...

Riga d' Oro - Pole Dry. Left photo. It's a beautiful seed. I grew it last year and it didn't do much. It was grown out again this year and only returned about 2 handfuls of beans. Maybe I just haven't found the right soil and the seson for this year yet. I received the bean last winter from a...

Peruvian Goose - Pole dry. It climbs only to about 5 feet. Seems nicely productive for a short pole bean. Over a couple of years I kept getting requests for this bean until I ran out of them except for what I keep for growing about three years ago. Finally got a crop of them grown this year...

Yeah things like this are inconvenient and as painful as they seem to be. That strike will be over eventually. For post customers it's a waiting game.