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

[Blue-Jay]

Going through my freezer file list of bean seed. I noticed a bean name I didn't know was there. Did anyone of the network grows send be Sonntagsbohne. Interpets into English as Sunday bean. The entry is dated 2023.

 

[Blue-Jay]

I'm curious, what is everyone's favorite bean for beauty!? I know this is a difficult if not impossible question! It would be fun tho to hear the name of your faves and see a pic of that favorite bean!

Here is one bean that is a favorite of mine for beauty. It's called Anna Zape. It's from California. It's a cross between Anasazi and Rio Zape and it is stable. So how is this one for beauty?

Annazape - Pole Dry

 

[Blue-Jay]

Looking back at many of the posts for 2025 I ran across post #923. I would definitely plant the white bean with the widely set brown markings on it. It looks like a modified Pinto bean. It's probably a cross and in my book it's worth investigating it's growth some more.

 

[Triffid]

Hi @Blue-Jay, do you have any idea whether this is the same 'Flynn' as that on your Priority List? https://www.heirlooms.org/store/p32/Flynn_Bean.html

 

[flowerbug]

Here is one bean that is a favorite of mine for beauty. It's called Anna Zape. It's from California. It's a cross between Anasazi and Rio Zape and it is stable. So how is this one for beauty?

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Annazape - Pole Dry

there is only one "n" in there @Blue-Jay.

Anazape

 

[SusanneinHastings]

Oh! I am back in the U.S. and I have the Frost beans ready to send to you too, tomorrow when the post office is open again. They liked Minnesota! Then I have a list I made looking at the network beans in the fall. A lot of the priority list look a lot further south than us, I am wary of long season beans but I will think about it. I also brought about 15 packets of beans from Pressmayr back from Europe.

I think I would like to do the Potawatomi Lima, does that mean I could not grow the Gigantes Greek limas this year? How far separate would they have to be.
Edit: Seed Savers Exchange says 150-500 feet. I just measured on Google Earth and I could do 370, with a lot of trees in between. Maybe I could ask a neighbor…

Then I have to try again with the Andikove. grrrr.