A Seed Saver's Garden

[heirloomgal]

3. The cukes now have actual developing cucumbers

Ate my first 2 inch cucumber today!

 

[Alasgun]

@heirloomgal ; 2in. Long or 2in diameter?

 

[heirloomgal]

@heirloomgal ; 2in. Long or 2in diameter?

2 inches long! Just wee little things, but crunchy and delicious with s& p!

 

[heirloomgal]

'Purple Mist' pea flowers. So pretty.

Prosaic as they are, I always enjoy pea blooms. Even the pure white ones.

I'm shocked to see it but there is actually some crosses in the 'Bill Jump' peas @Zeedman. The flowers on some are white and others are pinkish purple, like the Purple Mist peas. I'm thinking the purple blossoms are the correct form since most red seeded peas have pink flowers. Well, that's a first, I've never seen a pea cross!


First fingerprint fava pod!

I so enjoy a bean jungle.

 

[heirloomgal]

Edit! @Zeedman I made a mistake! I looked more closely today and realize that no there are no crosses in the Bill Jump peas, a few vines from the other trellis side went rogue and made their way into that row since the plants are over 4 feet now. So the Bill Jump flowers are all actually white.

 

[Zeedman]

So the Bill Jump flowers are all actually white.

Something is still wrong... they should be dark purple. I'm growing them too this year, and all of the flowers are purple.

 

[heirloomgal]

Something is still wrong... they should be dark purple. I'm growing them too this year, and all of the flowers are purple.

Doh! I don't know where my brain is today, I meant purple, the flowers are purple, the white ones are the rogues!

 

[heirloomgal]

I'm glad I tried 'Tinga Peas' because I really like them. They look to me like something between a sweet pea and an orchid. I'm thinking it's also a nitrogen fixer. A keeper for sure.

The Wonderberries & the Hexentomate berries are ready. The wonderberries are sweeter than I remember, almost like a stevia level sweetness. They are actually good once you acclimatize to their unique taste. The Hexentomates I think are a bit underripe cause they were much more sour. I'll see if they sweeten with a bit more time on the plants. Thus far, they're a bit lacking sweetness.

Some unique thing happening with these 'Mummy White' peas.

'Lilian's Caseload' peas starting to form. I think this is turning out to be a really great variety. They grow much shorter than I was expecting though.

I think I'll get seeds from these.

 

[Alasgun]

I would imagine ”something between a sweet pea and an orchid” would smell real nice?

 

[jbrobin09]

Oooh! That's a great name! I love the bird beans. I'm growing Lastochka this year for one main reason - the name! I love it when there is a *series* in a vegetable; there are a few cherry tomatoes I've collected like that, the Vernissages & the Tigers come to mind. I've also got two of @Bluejay77's 'sugar' beans, Gabarone and Cape. I'd like to collect all the sugar beans eventually.

There is a pea I'm growing this year just because I liked the name, Rembrant Snow Pea. It sort of went with the 'Van Gogh's Olive' network beans I'm growing this year too, lol. I like the idea of 'Impressionist' themed legumes.

Can I ask what makes sugar beans unique? I’m not familiar with the type.