tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post2310996656677464463..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Heirloom beansRebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-26070400023167258072007-07-17T15:11:00.000+01:002007-07-17T15:11:00.000+01:00Hi Rebsie - what colour flowers do your Vermont Cr...Hi Rebsie - what colour flowers do your Vermont Cranberry beans have? I've just put some pictures and a little write up on my blog and checked in the HSL catalogue - the flowers should be red, but my plants have pale yellow/creamy/white ones!!!!<BR/>What's your verdict on the flavour?<BR/><BR/>CeliaCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-37469657214508243382007-07-12T23:54:00.000+01:002007-07-12T23:54:00.000+01:00Celia - you're absolutely right about the HSL cata...Celia - you're absolutely right about the HSL catalogue ... their range of beans is a constant delight to browse through. Are there really 37 climbing varieties? That's quite astonishing when you consider how few are available commercially. I ordered some Vermont Cranberry from them this year too (after days of agonising over my six choices) so keep me posted about how yours gets on.<BR/><BR/>Mike - I'd be happy to help if I can. Golden Sweet is a definite recommendation for snow pea. <BR/><BR/>Is there really a bean called Dragon's Lingerie?!<BR/><BR/>John - those four pods constitute the entire harvest at present ... though there are plenty of tiny pods on the way.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-618871890452410092007-07-10T16:29:00.000+01:002007-07-10T16:29:00.000+01:00Eating beans already?? You're way of ahead of me!Eating beans already?? You're way of ahead of me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-53715352380365579642007-07-10T13:02:00.000+01:002007-07-10T13:02:00.000+01:00I would really, really love to pick your brain abo...I would really, <EM>really</EM> love to pick your brain about Peas'n'Beans, as I am busy with my Summer planning; I am looking for one or two (or three) kinds of Snap or Snow Peas (interesting colours much welcomed!) I'm also looking for some sort of Pea suited to drying and milling for Pea Flour (and, of course, for Winter soups.)<BR/><BR/>For pole beans I'll be planting the ever-prolific and hardy Rattlesnake; French Beans will be Golden Wax, and for drying, Dragon's Lingerie and Hopi Black. Don't have space for much more... :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-42287248830598730792007-07-10T08:51:00.000+01:002007-07-10T08:51:00.000+01:00Your beans are doing well - my dwarf beans are jus...Your beans are doing well - my dwarf beans are just beginning to form. The huge variety of beans is amazing! I love reading the bean list in the Heritage Seed Library catalogue - so difficult to choose just 1 or 2 (there are 37 climbing, 28 dwarf and 3 runnner beans this year!). This year I chose because I just liked the sound of the names - Poletschka and Vermont Cranberry.<BR/><BR/>CeliaCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.com