2025 Little Easy Bean Network - Growers Of The Future Will Be Glad We Saved

[Blue-Jay]

Alice Sunshine

Love your photos ! Have you ever tried eating the Alice Sunshine's green pods as a snap bean?

 

[Artorius]

@Blue-Jay, I have not tried eating the green pods of Alice Sunshine. I have only had a few bushes. I grow Polish beans to eat fresh pods. Here we have many varieties intended for this purpose, especially waxes which are very popular.

 

[Artorius]

I had a good day. I received a package of great bush beans from the Vidzeme region in Latvia. Very good quality seeds.

 

[jbrobin09]

I had a good day. I received a package of great bush beans from the Vidzeme region in Latvia. Very good quality seeds.

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Ooh, those do look wonderful! What varieties did you receive?

 

[Artorius]

@jbrobin09,
the variety names are in Latvian, I will also write an English translation from Google. These are local cultivars and the names are not official.

Cīruļoliņas (Larks)
Gaiši Brūni Lāsumainās (Light Brown Spotted)
Omas Pupas (Grandma's Bean)
Omas ar Zilo Svītriņu (Grandma's with Blue Stripe)
Koši Sarkanas Pērlīšu (Bright Red Beads)
Kurzemnieku Lillā (In the Courland Lilac)
Koši Dzeltenās (Bright Yellow)
Zilais Ūdenskritums (Blue Waterfall)

This year I will definitely sow the one in the lower right corner, it's called Zilie Hameleoni (Blue Chameleons)

 

[BeanieQueen]

I had a good day. I received a package of great bush beans from the Vidzeme region in Latvia. Very good quality seeds.

You surely had. They really look great.
Are these people a private contact of yours or would they possibly sell their seeds also to other people abroad (like me for instance)? Do they have a homepage or something?

 

[Artorius]

@BeanieQueen
I bought my seeds here. I like to support small initiatives like this.

Zemnieku saimniecība "Zutiņi"

Zutiņi ir neliela ģimenes saimniecība Krimuldas novadā, kas graudu pārstrādē izmanto sentēvu metodes. Saimniecība ir uzņemta SLOW FOOD kustībā.

zutini.lv

This site also has recipes for bean dishes.

 

[flowerbug]

@jbrobin09,
the variety names are in Latvian, [...]

This year I will definitely sow the one in the lower right corner, it's called Zilie Hameleoni (Blue Chameleons)

what an interesting language.