Dry Beans
- Phaseolus vulgaris - The common bean is among the very easiest of crops to grow. Snap bean varieties are tender and (mostly) stringless when young, while dry bean varieties are particularly productive when allowed to mature and fully dry. That said, any type of snap bean can also be used as a dry bean, and vice versa!
A pretty incredible source of homegrown protein. In terms of farm-scale and community-scale food self-sufficiency, beans are hard to beat.
Bush vs Pole: Beans can be broadly divided to these two categories based on growth habit. Bush beans are just that; they grow into self-supporting bushes. While pole beans need additional support; they'll twine up any trellis or stick they can get their vines on, often reaching 6-8' tall or more. Pole beans are undoubtedly more productive, but bush beans are less work and lend themselves better to scale. And then just to make matters less clear-cut; some varieties are semi-runners, with short vines and optional staking needs.
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Fundy Amethyst Bean
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True Red Cranberry Bean
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Haudenosaunee Skunk Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Pole Bean) Beautiful heirloom variety grown by Haudenosaunee farming communities for many centuries. Productive and vigorous vines that are well a...
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Blue Jay Bean
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Eclipse Black Turtle Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Heavy yielding and hardy selection of the classic black turtle bean. Very productive bush plants. 60-70 seeds (15 g)-Grown by Broadfork Farm
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Blooming Prairie Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Half-runner Bean) Extremely pretty purple blushed beans. Soft and fine and perfect for baking. Quite rare. Productive vining plants, staking is op...
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Greek Gigante Runner Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Out of stockPhaseolus coccineus - Truly gigantic white beans. They swell up even more when cooked, becoming soft clouds which basically fill a whole spoon. Tal...
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Kahnawake Mohawk Bean
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Winks' Jacob's Cattle Bean
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Canadian Wild Goose Bean
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Fort Portal Jade Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Pole bean) Spectacular jade-green. These beauties caught the attention of everyone who saw them at harvest time. Productive climbing plants. Later...
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Candy Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Semi-runner bean) Among my personal favourite dry beans. Large red striped beans, reminiscent of peppermint candies. Short vines, they sprawl a co...
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Saturday Night Special Bean
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Blue Speckled Tepary Bean
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Kodiak Pinto Bean
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Mostoller Wild Goose Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Pole) Beautiful round earth-toned beans. Tall and immensely productive vines. Their story goes that in 1865 the Mostoller boys (John and David) sh...
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Tiger Eye Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Bush) aka: Pepa de Zapallo. Beautiful large kidney shaped beans. Maroon streaks and swirls on a rich orange background. Among the most productive ...
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Rattlesnake Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Pole bean) Long, round and stringless green beans with purple striping. The finest fresh harvest bean at Twisted Brook, and also excels for freezi...
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King of the Early Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Bush Bean) Early, dependable and productive. These large mottled red beans really swell up when soaked. The ideal baking bean. 20-30 seeds (15 g)-...
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Light Red Kidney Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Beautiful light red (nearly pink) beans, ideal for baking and soups. Large yields from bush plants. 20-30 seeds (15 g)-Grown by Broadfork Farm
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Succotash Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Pole Bean) Beautiful deep-purple seeds resemble kernels of corn, totally unique. Grown for centuries by the Narragansett tribe of what is now Rhod...
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Mitla Black Tepary Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Phaseolus acutifolius - Big yields of small shiny black beans. Vigourous semi-runner plants, with vines about 3’ long. I prefer to let the short vi...
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Low's Champion Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Bush Bean) - Vibrant deep-red round beans. An heirloom bush bean from New England, offered by the Aaron Low Seed Company in 1884. However it's bel...
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Mennonite Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Out of stock(Bush Bean) - Small yellow bean, the perfect variety for baked beans. Dependable and early maturing bush plants. 30-50 seeds (15 g)-Grown by Annapo...
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