Thursday, April 2, 2009
PS
Did I mention that while visiting family up north, my Auntie got me hooked on homegrown beans? After taking one bite, I'm thinking, "What am I thinking? Buying canned beans? These are deLICious!" She says she grows Blue Lake, which would make sense because the little beans inside are blue-ish. I asked the hows and whys of her planting, harvesting, cooking, freezing methods and the next day at breakfast (yes, she cooked me breakfast every morning, I LOVE her!) she gave me a bag of beans and said that is what she planted. But.... these aren't Blue Lake beans.. ?? I found my way to the local garden store and picked up 5 bags of Blue Lake bean seeds. One bag I gave to Auntie and the other 4 I brought home, with her 1 bag of Tendercrop. I planted them on Tuesday, in 4 in pots, 4 beans per pot. I wondered if I would be able to tell the difference and the seeds informed me I would. While the Tendecrop seeds were brown and mottled/striped, the Blue Lake seeds were.. white! So, we shall see which come up first, any differences between the two, and see how they harvest and taste. I'm sure by the time harvest comes around, I'll be able to tell if the blue beans were Blue Lake, or Tendercrop. I'm SO excited!
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