Post by macmex on Jan 11, 2019 6:50:26 GMT -6
Among seed savers beans are probably the most popular garden crop. Their seeds are pretty large. Many have beautiful, unique colors. Some beans are primarily meant for dry use. Some are used primarily, shelled, green but filled out (like lima beans), and some are used primarily as a vegetable, their immature pods being cooked and served as green beans.
There are beans with long vines, which need support. There are beans with short upright plants, which need no support. Some bear for months and some bear for only a few weeks. There are literally thousands of varieties of beans with differing combinations of these traits. This fact, combined with the ease with which beans are grown and the relative simplicity of saving seed, make them exceedingly popular among seed savers. I grow a number of old varieties with fascinating histories, some from my own family, some Native American, and some from other parts of the world.
Berta Talaska is a Portuguese heirloom pole bean.
Though saving bean seed is fairly easy, there are some basic guidelines to follow. Green Country Seed Savers will meet this coming Sunday (January 13) at 2:00 PM, at Liberty Grace Chapel (7584 Hwy 82A, Tahlequah OK 74464), three miles North of Moodys Store. For detailed directions contact George McLaughlin (macmex).
Tarahumara Pink Green Bean is a Native American pole bean, from the desert Southwest.
If you’d like to learn more about growing beans and the seed, or if you’d just like to meet other gardeners who garden in this area, come on out and enjoy an informal time of gardening talk and banter.
There are beans with long vines, which need support. There are beans with short upright plants, which need no support. Some bear for months and some bear for only a few weeks. There are literally thousands of varieties of beans with differing combinations of these traits. This fact, combined with the ease with which beans are grown and the relative simplicity of saving seed, make them exceedingly popular among seed savers. I grow a number of old varieties with fascinating histories, some from my own family, some Native American, and some from other parts of the world.
Berta Talaska is a Portuguese heirloom pole bean.
Though saving bean seed is fairly easy, there are some basic guidelines to follow. Green Country Seed Savers will meet this coming Sunday (January 13) at 2:00 PM, at Liberty Grace Chapel (7584 Hwy 82A, Tahlequah OK 74464), three miles North of Moodys Store. For detailed directions contact George McLaughlin (macmex).
Tarahumara Pink Green Bean is a Native American pole bean, from the desert Southwest.
If you’d like to learn more about growing beans and the seed, or if you’d just like to meet other gardeners who garden in this area, come on out and enjoy an informal time of gardening talk and banter.