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
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Blue Jay Bean
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Blooming Prairie 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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Kahnawake Mohawk Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Pole Bean) These are among the most beautiful of our dry beans. The large orb-shaped beans are painted with two-shades of earth tones, with a dark...
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Winks' Jacob's Cattle Bean
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Fort Portal Jade Bean
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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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Blue Speckled Tepary 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
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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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Ireland Creek Annie Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Bush Bean) A very early and productive bush bean. The medium sized yellow beans are a favourite for soups. This bean was named after Ireland Creek...
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Black Nightfall Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Pole bean) Beautiful black and grey speckled beans, produced on tall climbing vines. -Grown by Twisted Brook
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Mrociumere Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Bush Bean) One of my favourites for both production and beauty. The speckled purple seeds of this variety are some of the most mesmerizing I’ve se...
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Amish Gnuttle Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Bush Bean) These pretty, slightly block-shaped small beans are speckled grey and maroon. The plants send out a few short runners and staking is op...
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Rhodenizer Bean
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Bush bean) Plump, pearly-white beans. Perfect for baked beans. This variety came to me from Dan Jason of Salt Spring Seeds about 20 years ago. 30-...
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