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A new bean arrived today, Elortza. Comes from the village of Elortza in Spain's Basque Autonomous Community. It's a bush dry bean.

My name and address is on the Package Inventory list. It's also on the sheet that identifies my account. My account number is on the...

So Guy Dirix post this information on facebook about this bean with the upside down exclamation mark. It is a bush bean from Cusco-Peru...

and then they came out with those fake plastic ones...

What gorgeous beans!!! That white stripe is so unique! 🥰 If that box shows up to you, I will literally do a cartwheel. But you don't...

as a public service notice about Red Ryder that i purchased back in 2011-2012 from Vermont Bean Company - if you try to find it by...

Some bean mail today from Artorious. So his package went through the USDA inspection routine and was forwarded to me. Artorious thought...

My slinky was tremendously shortened after I thought it would be a good idea to wrap it around the stair railings at my grandparent's...

if you want to keep the mix of colors going longer term it will help to discard most or all browns before replanting. a few years ago i...

A new bean I purchased, originally bought from a market in Malawi; it goes by the name 'Malawi Mix'. We'll see what's actually in the...

I'm going to guess that the seeds with flattened ends will repeat. You might have two slightly different strains of this bean. Rounded...

Gorgeous, beautiful seeds @Artorius. 🥰

Rosso del Cadore from Veneto, Italy. One of the earliest pole beans I have ever had. I picked my first dry pods in late July/early...