2021 Little Easy Bean Network - Bean Lovers Come Discover Something New !

[heirloomgal]

Thought I'd run with the theme of 'black and white' beans...I checked to see how many I've grown. I added in there one of my network beans for this year. I think bright patterns and contrasts are so pretty in beans. It's too bad that the Chester bean doesn't make a good green bean, because it is such an amazingly productive variety. I think Orca has some potential as a good roma type bean if it's caught early enough. Magpie was great as a fresh snap filet bean. I haven't tried the others as green beans yet.

Chester Pole Bean 2016

Littlefield Special Bush 2020

Orca Bush Bean - 2019

Magpie Bush 2020

Littlefield Special Bush 2019

Vaquero Semi-Runner - to be grown in 2021

 

[HmooseK]

@heirloomgal
Those are sweet!

Starry Night would have been a better name for Chester

 

[Zeedman]

Thought I'd run with the theme of 'black and white' beans...I checked to see how many I've grown. I added in there one of my network beans for this year. I think bright patterns and contrasts are so pretty in beans. It's too bad that the Chester bean doesn't make a good green bean, because it is such an amazingly productive variety.

Chester Pole Bean 2016

Chester is one of my favorite shelly beans. It has a short DTM for a pole bean (especially for that seed size) and a good yield. The beans are large, easy to shell, colorful even cooked, and tasty. I really wanted to grow it this year, but due to other beans in greater need of renewal, Chester will have to wait for 2022.

 

[Artorius]

I have this bean under the name Haudenosaunee Skunk.

 

[Blue-Jay]

I have this bean under the name Haudenosaunee Skunk.

The Haudenosaunee were part of the Iroquois Nations confederacy. The French called it the Iroquois Confederacy and the English called it the League of Five Nations. I think there is even a bean called the Five Nations bean. They all might have grown many of the same beans as they likely traded among themselves.

I have always Known the bean simply by the shortened name of Skunk. There are two synoym names associated with the Skunk. A woman named Gial Flagg from Fort Kent, Maine stated the bean had been grown around Chester, Vermont for a long time. So the bean has picked up the two synonym names of Flagg and Chester. If you like to keep the bean as Haudenosaunee Skunk I don't think there is anything improper in continuing to do.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Room For Beans, Beans And More Beans​

The soil delivery for my newest raised bed box. First delivery at 7:45 AM Saturday. Second Delivery at 10:15 AM and third and final delivery at 12:30 PM. We got a total of 36 yards for $860. This company was the cheapest one in my area. Some places wanted as much as $1,400 for the same amout of soil. The soil they delivered was just gorgeous. Couldn't be happier. I will send in a soil sample and see how it tests. Some of the first and second soil deliver I spread with a rake. Then most of the soil was moved with a front end loader. I finished moving more soil today with a rake to even things out. There were some high little hills that needed to be Spread around. Spent about 4 and half hours doing that. Now I have two 960 square foot twin raised beds for a total of 1,920 square feet. This will be the last improvement behind my deer fence.

 

[heirloomgal]

@heirloomgal
Those are sweet!

Starry Night would have been a better name for Chester

Agreed! Much better!

 

[Blue-Jay]

@Myrthryn,

What Network beans are you going to grow? Write to me at upadam@comcast.net and let me know what your real name is so I can add your screen name to your address label file.

 

[Zeedman]

@Bluejay77 , is that email spelling correct?

 

[flowerbug]

@Bluejay77 , is that email spelling correct?

no, it needs an a in there.

it is:

upadam@comcast.net

every time i see it i think of it as "Up and at 'em!"