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purple beans, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

Last night I made a yummy steamed-bean salad with a mix of these funky purple-podded beans (from Seeds of Change--love them!) and a handful of green beans. What tasty fun!

This is my first year with bean success. In years past I've tried growing bush beans and the bugs ate them all. Also tried pole beans last year but they were mowed down by a rogue bunny. So this year I sowed both purple and garden-variety-green pole beans. I've discovered that the purple-podded beans grow earlier, faster, and are more hardy in my garden microclimate (in other words, I am so growing them again!). The kids made a darling teepee with castoff wood poles for growing the beans on. It is pretty cute and they are so proud of *their* beans.