2026 Little Easy Bean Network – Plant A Garden, Water Your Soul, Join Our Family

[Blue-Jay]

@Blue-Jay I need to mail you my September Blue beans and will do that very soon. Fall was crazy busy and some of my September Blues had a drying issue. I wanted to make sure these were fully dry before sending. I am happy to grow them out again this year.

I'd also love to give one of the Italian varieties a try - Purgatorio.

Hi @heartsong111,

email me with what you would like to grow out this coming summer (upadam@comcast.net). If you don't have enough of the September Blue just hang on to them and grow them again. September Blue is a bean still a work in progress.

I've got Purgatorio but I just noticed I don't have it listed on the website. Will have to take care of that sometime.

 

[Artorius]

Welcome everyone in the new year!

This year I will only have those network beans that have not been successfully grown so far. I will not order new ones because I don't know when I will be able to send anything to the US. Only correspondence and documents can be sent from Poland. @Blue-Jay, I hope I don't have to wait another three years to send you last year's returns.

This weekend I will start sorting the 2025 bean seeds. I will probably take a few photos too so I have something to show here.

Happy New Year!

 

[Artorius]

@Artorius,

Your package is in the mail on it's way to your friend in Paris. Two surprise packets are in the package from flowerbug. Also a surprise bean from me. It's something I'm trying to stabalize. I think it's neat looking. Hope you have fun with it. I have already given it a name. I also added a bush lima that I had sitting in my freezer that I got from a fellow in Iowa who had a large pole lima collection, He would sometime breed limas. He must have sent this bean to me about 6 years ago. I thought it would surely be a pole lima but it wound up being a bush. I usually don't care for bush limas but this one is colored differently than all the commercial bush limas that have a light green tint to them. I know I will grow this one more.

@Blue-Jay, @flowerbug, thank you very much!

 

[Blue-Jay]

This year I will only have those network beans that have not been successfully grown so far. I will not order new ones because I don't know when I will be able to send anything to the US. Only correspondence and documents can be sent from Poland. @Blue-Jay, I hope I don't have to wait another three years to send you last year's returns.

What is the problem with being able to mail package from Europe to countries overseas? I got a message from a Network grower in France who said I will mail the return pakage when things return to normal. So why are things now abnormal. Also a Network in grower Germany who usually has their seeds mailed back long before now. This must be affecting all the EU countries.

 

[Artorius]

@Blue-Jay
This seems to be due to the sudden change in US customs regulations. This caused chaos and confusion among postal services in Europe because no one was prepared. Shipments are being suspended until the US government develops clear and precise guidelines.

For example, I can still send parcels to Canada without any problem.