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That's my association with the pea reference as well, the small white Navy beans. But I have grown the Inca Pea bean too, so I've come to have that connection as well. I'd guess with the Navy beans they get the pea title because they're comparable to whole dried peas for cooking, similar look...

It was such a pleasure this year to grow the 'St. Anthony' bean. So grateful to you @Decoy1 because that bean has been on my wish list for a long time, and I was quite convinced fate would likely not arrange it. It was a stunning plant, just enormous. The seeds are really, really lovely. I...

Are pea beans different than regular beans in some regard? Is the term pea meant to denote a particular kind of use?

Interesting to know that you grow Autumn King and Amsterdam with good results, maybe I shouldn't write them off yet. They were both fairly small for me, with skinny bottoms and much bigger tops. They were Thompson & Morgan seed packets I think, not typical carrots grown in my area. Maybe...

It comes as somewhat of a surprise to me that long carrots would be a preference. Mind you, I don't have a lot of experience with Imperator types, or Imperator itself. One of my first dog eared garden books was by Lois Hole, and it was through her that I learned that Imperator was bred for...

The carrot experiment has officially reached completion. It has been quite interesting really, more so than I expected it to be. Getting a nice big harvest of indistinguishable carrots would have been fine; I wasn't convinced there was going to be that much difference between carrots. I am...

I would love to be on a ton of mailing lists, but sadly I'm not. We don't have many seed places that seem to offer paper copies. I do buy Baker Creek's each year, and I do get Richter's, but I think that's it. I need to get me some real hook up culture with these seed shops that send out...

I looove when Richter's new catalogue comes out! ⏳

I'm so sorry to read this ducks, sending love and prayer your way. :hugs

I feel like so many people have some knowledge or experience of horseradish. I have none. I'd never seen it until I bought a small plant this spring and I don't think I've ever eaten any. From what people shared about it last time I mentioned horseradish, it seems like an almost weedy plant...

My Pink Tip beans were the white seeded ones on the right @ruralmamma , I guess I should have added Greasy to the name when I referenced it. I forgot that there are a couple beans with Pinktip in the name!

I wonder too, I quite like that coloration. It seems a uniquely European bean seedcoat.

Have you grown Hamburg parsley roots @Decoy1? Now I'm wondering how to grow those (or if I should) given that they need such an early start and yet dislike transplanting. I feel like my celeriac may have been a bit too hairy, I used another one today and it doesn't seem normal how much I need...

Those are beautiful celeriac roots. Mine didn't get that wonderfully large & rounded. Do you start them from seed @digitS'? Or buy starts?

November 1st and I'm now able to start identifying the more truly long keeping storage tomatoes, with a smattering of other surprise tomatoes that just seem to keep super well after picking. There must be distinct genes for 'shelf life' in tomatoes because the differences among varieties is...

Oh what a relief to read this @Neen5MI, I have a feeling that Pink Tip might have been a new bean in Bluejay's collection so I was worried that my failure was especially bad news. Grateful for your success!! 🙏

Halloween was SO much fun! 🦇 We got lucky and the forecast of flurries and/or rain didn't manifest. We go pretty big with spooky season here, and DD is getting more and more creative every year. We all have different contributions I guess, DH does a lot of the intricate pumpkin carvings...

Happy Halloween! Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful...

Sky tonight was really gorgeous, impossible to catch on a camera. But this was the vague flavor. My first cover crop of rye & oats has not turned out quite as I imagined it. It did grow well, and tall. Then we discovered that the guinea pig herd are wild for the fresh grass, as is Tucker...

Interestingly, my experience with Pink Tip Greasy was similar to my grow out with the 'Custodia' bean of Spain. Only Custodia was a little more successful in drying up a few mature pods. But still, this bean seems way too late for me. Like Pink Tip lots of the pods were simply empty, likely it...