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I have been responding to seed catalogs by requesting that they drop me from their mailing list to save resources. I only get a few now, usually because I placed an order online with an affiliated company. I do miss browsing through the catalogs (BC's is eye candy for gardeners) but my days of...

(in best Bean/Borg voice) "Resistance is futile". :lol:

Are there still Robert Lobitz beans that you are searching for?

I remember watching one of those "what were they thinking" videos, where a cat owner decided that the solution to giving her cat a bath without it getting away, was to take it in the shower with her & close the door. Needless to say, since she was the only thing the cat could climb, it ended...

I prefer to fondly caress those that I love. :) Wait, even that sounds weird. :rolleyes: So I guess for me in 2024, it's back to LA (Legumaniacs Anonymous). Not that the program has proven to be helpful so far... everyone arrives with beans hidden in their pockets, and its just turned into an...

As long as you have extras to spare, in case of loss. :rolleyes:

Between the color & the two spots that look like tiny legs (especially the bean at the top) "Pollywog" might be a good name.

The last of my 2023 soybeans... "SY 9514014", grain/processing type. From the USDA/ARS 2007, originally from South Korea. Medium early (about 105-110 days dry). Very high protein content (over 50% dry weight) but only a moderate yield. One of the few soybeans which came up well, and were not...

Mine did pearrible last year. All I got was a partridge.

... and it prospers when given attention & TLC, and languishes when neglected. All friendships are like that. :hugs

I just remember when my son got a phone several years ago with one of the "ask" apps built in. He was sitting at the table after dinner, asking the phone stupid questions, and getting weird answers. We were all laughing. After one especially strange answer, he started yelling & cussing at the...

I don't think so. Will Bonsall in Maine was the big curator of potatoes, along with quite a few things. He was SSE's largest collector & seed steward. Many of the seeds he offered (such as chick peas) have hardly been offered at all since he dropped out. Will had offered 25 chickpeas/garbanzos...

More 2023 soybeans, I want to get them all in before this thread closes & the 2024 bean thread begins... "Kharkovskaya Zernokormovaya", grain type. From the USDA/ARS 2006, originally collected in Kharkiv, Ukraine. These are categorized by the NPGS as "gray" in color. An early variety, in the...

Robert was into almost any field crop which is normally harvested dry. This is what he offered in 2005, the year before his death: 10 barleys 262 beans 3 millets 16 oats 31 peas 95 soybeans 12 wheats A lot of conversations took place after Robert's sudden death in 2006 between interested seed...

The phrase "more than we really wanted to know" comes to mind. :rolleyes: Maybe answers to questions best left unasked.

Wow... that's a long time in transit. Good thing those weren't Christmas beans. :rolleyes:

More 2023 soybeans... "Gardensoy 12", edamame type. Bred from a (Prize x Kaohsiung No. 1) cross. Developed as part of an edamame/grain breeding program by Dr. Bernard of the University of Illinois Urbana, who sent me seed in 2007. VERY tall plants, ~40" (1 M) in height, which needed some...

Please note that I stated it had a relatively low yield; it is still not bad for an early variety. "Ezonishiki" and "Natsu Kurakake" (both bi-colored, with a similar DTM) have twice the productivity under identical conditions. However, "Cha Kura Kake" has the largest seeds & great flavor, so it...

Three days with no bean post??? Intolerable!!! :lol: Maybe a good time to post my 2023 soybean results... "Aan Tu Bai Hua La Da Dou", obtained from the USDA in 2006, originally collected from China. Short, stout, heavily-branched plants, with pods that dry to near black. The seeds are deep...

... "and snow keeps faaaallin' down..." (with apologies to the great Johnny Cash)