T O P I C R E V I E W |
ceejay48 |
Posted - Jul 30 2015 : 3:08:34 PM I decided to try these new beans this year. They are a bush snap bean and are a beautiful burgundy/purple color. THeir blooms are lovely purplish flowers too. To me they taste very much like most green beans I've grown. I had some pieces of raw beans on my lunch salad today and it was yummy. I cooked the batch in the pressure cooker which is how I always cook fresh beans from the garden. Lo and behold! After they're cooked they aren't purple any more! They look like any other green bean! CJ
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ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 08 2015 : 2:15:57 PM Diana, I went to the nursery yesterday to see if they had their 2016 seed supply yet . . . thought if they did I'd pick you up some. They don't have it yet. They usually do in the fall and you can purchase them before next spring. I'll check again!! I might just plant these exclusively next year! Forget the others. I'm kinda tired of yellow wax beans too! CJ
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gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 07 2015 : 7:35:14 PM Good to know I will put his in my journal.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 07 2015 : 08:27:50 AM Diana, I get my seeds from a local nursery/greenhouse. The brand for these seeds are Lake Valley Seeds in Boulder, CO. The packets say "non-GMO, untreated seeds". Used their brand for all my garden seeds this year. CJ
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ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 07 2015 : 08:24:34 AM Good point Diana! They are easier to pick because you can see them better! I have two rows of green beans that are gonna be harder to pick. Should have made them all purple, huh? :D CJ
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gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 05 2015 : 4:15:23 PM I am putting these on my list for next year I have always said why can't the fruit be a different color so it is easier to pick.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 05 2015 : 1:38:08 PM The leaves are green, but darker than other green beans and the veins are kinda purple. Kinda wondering where the purple went! CJ
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gramadinah |
Posted - Aug 05 2015 : 12:09:24 PM Question were the leaves green?
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
Song Sparrow |
Posted - Aug 05 2015 : 08:18:23 AM I picked up some of these at the farm, and was also surprised when they turned green. So much for my fancy tri-color bean dish! :)
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Ozark Farmgirl |
Posted - Aug 04 2015 : 2:14:18 PM That's too bad they don't stay purple. They're awfully pretty purple. But at least they're delicious!
Steph
Farmgirl #6511 |
ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 04 2015 : 12:34:35 PM This is what they look like before cooking!
![](http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/Snitz/Images/2015/08/003.jpg?v 75205155)
After pressure cooking they're no longer burgundy/purple. BUT, they are soooooo yummy!
![](http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/Snitz/Images/2015/08/001(1).jpg?v 14425553)
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