Your favourite beans.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:26 am

I like runners, but they've been so successful this year that I've got 'em practically

coming out of my ears. I like growing them, and have given away lots! I grew

mainly Enorma, with some last-years Scarlet Emporer and Desiree. Fantastic!

What beans do you like growing?

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:29 am

I don't grow 'em , I just eat 'em. But I shelled peas as a kid all the time. Purple hull, butter beans, snap peas, ..... Love all legumes.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:37 am

I like green beans (your runners) and fresh peas. I have eaten the peas raw, right off the vine. Yummm!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:53 am

Refried........................

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:15 am

Marie5656 wrote: I like green beans (your runners)

Are they really runners (phaseolus multiflorus), or French beans (phaseolus

vulgaris??

Which do you grow (or both!)?

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guppy · Post by **guppy** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:22 pm

these beans are my favorite right out of the garden to the pot..................yea.

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G-man · Post by **G-man** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:43 pm

I like tropical hyacynth beans, scarlet runner and kentucky wonder heirloom beans... they add a certain aesthetic quality to the garden, as well with their purple and red flowers. I also tried growing some beans that I took straight from bags of beans/peas I got at Walmart... black beans, black-eyed peas, kidney, garbanzo and black beans which were most fascinating to watch grow... and I love black-bean soup!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:38 am

guppy wrote: these beans are my favorite right out of the garden to the pot..................yea.

They're very flat, are they Painted Lady, or what?

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:15 am

Runners have been my favourite beans since I had them as the plat du jour in a restaurant in Paris. They were beautifully cooked and presented and absolutely delicious - completely unlike the way my mum used to cook them at home! :wah: