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I have Meerbarbe / Blue Sea Barb and Nonna Agnes as well. But the pods are different. My Nonna Anges has only green pods (with a little...

now i want one for breakfast...

Seeds with split seed coats have been germination tested by me and another grow I know in Iowa and found that the beans do grow.

It means: Cornetto = a stuffed croissant (in Italy usually with jam or pistachio creme 😍) Largo = wide/ broad Verde = green "A...

This is a bean that has turned out to be quite special - 'Kärntner Butter'. Not only has the yield been really good, but it's a very...

I'm loving seeing all of the bean photos that are rolling in. Great images-- and so inspirational! In the Pacific Northwest we're...

Please don't give me ideas like that 🤣 I would say that half of my beans are purple flowering and the other half white and/or yellow...

First year for me growing a couple Network beans. This is Speckled Algonquin (Bush-dry). Looks like it's a heavy producer.

My Schwarze Kugel is a bush with short runners. I got the seeds from Austria. I didn't know there was a pole variant.

Do you have the Schwarze Kugel bush bean or the Schwarze Kugelbohne pole bean? I have the pole bean for the first time. It is a variety...

Noooo, bee, no!

I have a Schwarze Kugel this year. It has been blooming for quite a while now and has a lot of pods. Tuvagliedda is just starting to...

I had a similar experience. Succotash is a late-flowering bean, but I ended up harvesting a lot of nice seeds.

The Amish Nuttle/ Mayflower bean didn't survive the three and a half weeks of unusual cold (12 - 20 degree Celsius / 54 - 68 degree...

It is interesting to note that among all the pole beans that I have planted. I'm getting the best results from the direct seeded beans...