2024 Little Easy Bean Network - Growing Heirloom Beans Of Today And Tomorrow

[flowerbug]

... Hip hip hooray, the beans will definitely all be on their way.

yay!

 

[heirloomgal]

As you know @Blue-Jay, I've recently waded into the waters of instagram. Wasn't really my idea, I had some forces pushing on me to do it, but I must say it has been some fun. And the amount of bean lovers out there is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I think of it as a fun and delicious hobby, but this has got to be one of the most devoted groups of seed people. I wouldn't have guessed that beans are such a super popular 'collector' veggie!

 

[Zeedman]

As you know @Blue-Jay, I've recently waded into the waters of instagram. Wasn't really my idea, I had some forces pushing on me to do it, but I must say it has been some fun. And the amount of bean lovers out there is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I think of it as a fun and delicious hobby, but this has got to be one of the most devoted groups of seed people. I wouldn't have guessed that beans are such a super popular 'collector' veggie!

Well, one of the meanings for "gram" is several small beans in the Vigna genus. So the quick-cooking mung beans are sort of... instagrams.

 

[Blue-Jay]

As you know @Blue-Jay, I've recently waded into the waters of instagram. Wasn't really my idea, I had some forces pushing on me to do it, but I must say it has been some fun. And the amount of bean lovers out there is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I think of it as a fun and delicious hobby, but this has got to be one of the most devoted groups of seed people. I wouldn't have guessed that beans are such a super popular 'collector' veggie!

It's amazing the amount people all over the world that love beans. Like collecting them and growing them and eating them. They are actually also possibly keeping varieties from going extinct by doing all the growing, sharing and collecting.

I thought about posting my beans on instagram too. Possibly people on instagram that would see your beans that might not be on other social media platforms.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Jesse Fiske - Bush Dry. Left Photo. Pre-1740’s variety. The bean was brought originally by a Jesse Fisk who emigrated from England in the 1740’s to Charleston, New Hampshire. I acquired this bean from a grower in Blyth, Ontario. This years grower is from Seattle, Washington.

Joyce Fetterly's Red And White - Pole Dry. Right Photo. I acquired the bean from a Seed Savers Exchange member in 2014. I don't know any detailed history of this bean. I suspect that it was probably named after the person who grew this bean for a long time. This years grower is from Santa Ana, California.


Jesse Fiske..............................................................Joyce Fetterley's Red And White

 

[heirloomgal]

It's amazing the amount people all over the world that love beans. Like collecting them and growing them and eating them. They are actually also possibly keeping varieties from going extinct by doing all the growing, sharing and collecting.

I thought about posting my beans on instagram too. Possibly people on instagram that would see your beans that might not be on other social media platforms.

Yes, all over the world! Colombia, Spain, Russia all these people around the world who really, really love them. I've only just gotten started on that platform but I'm amazed how quickly the dots start to connect between accounts and people just find you. I nearly fell over when Joseph Lofthouse started to follow me! I don't even know how he found me, but wow that was a nice surprise. It really does seem that instagram has a HUGE garden space, so many gardening and seed saving focused accounts and there is a lot of connection between all the accounts. It's like an electrical conduit, this to this to this and then is a galaxy of constellations.

I was quite averse to social media aside from this platform, I have no other accounts and I only have so much time in a day for that stuff, but for the purpose of disseminating seeds it's a great place for people to find you and to literally explore the world of people's gardens. There are a lot of folks out there that really care about seeds!

I was tickled when I posted about a bean I grew this summer from @Artorius called 'Braune Tereza'; I asked in the post if it was the same bean as 'Herrenbohnli' because to me they look identical. Right away the responses from the bean collectors started to roll in - definitely not the same they said!! And I had links sent to me and other good info.
Bean people do NOT want the facts mixed up!