Congratulations on the Beans of New York.

My bean plans are on hold until Frank Barnett goes through his freezer and makes up his spring list.

Happy New Year and grace and peace be with you all. - Dick

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and have a happy coming New Year!

I will be receiving a Heirloom Gardner magazine subscription and gift certificate to Baker's Creek I hope, Christmas late this season.

Dean

Indeed! A late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The last couple of days I've had Berta Talaska and Poletschka Pole Bean seeds, setting by my spot at the table; just eying them, reading up on them and debating how many to plant ;)

George
Tahlequah, OK

George this (last) year I grew the few Poletschka I had left for seed, I haven't eaten any myself but it is a very prolific bean, hopefully it will do well in your location. I gave my neighbor most of the harvest, he uses a lot of dry beans.
Berta Talaska I loved it as a shelly and the snaps were pretty good too, very disappointing as a full bean tho.
I have a very long list of beans I have to renew this year so I'm afraid most of them will be grown in very small amounts and I'll have to bag a lot of flowers :), tedious but it works. I also want to do a comparison grow out of my older 'Tennessee Cutshort' and the ones you sent me, along with Frank Barnett. And then there's the 'Tennessee Greasy Mix' I want to grow several of the different seed coat patterns separately, just see what each one of them produces, especially the one in the picture below, only have a couple of these, hoping they will produce more.
I have my list made up of what I'd like to grow this year, whether I get them all in is another story, and then there's the unexpected goodies that manage to find their way into my hands :). Nothing is written stone until they're finally planted. Wishing everybody the best growing season ever.
Annette

This post was edited by aftermidnight on Fri, Jan 2, 15 at 13:09