Imagine running your hands through soil that has nourished generations, where seeds are not just a ... like the Irish Green Pea and the Climbing French Bean have been grown for centuries ...

Inside the cases were envelopes, many of them brown with age, and inside the envelopes were seeds — tens of thousands of them ... The industrial model has little place for grandma’s favorite heirloom ...

The modern farm-to-table movement has renewed interest in heirloom ... through the seed sacks looking for varieties you can only find here — like the Louisiana purple pod bean.

Whether the season sees droughts, floods or May ice storms, the heirloom Anasazi bean plants ... “They’re climbing beans.” When the Katz family moved to Hilltop in 1993, he had all the ...

Recipes include soup beans, chuck roast and parsnips. Maggie and Lindsey learn about heirloom seeds from a farmer in Jackson County. She shares her preservation methods passed down from generation ...

She passed on the bean seed and the stories that went with them ... Ruby Caudill played an important role in preserving the heirloom bean plant that is the focus of this article. Equally important, ...

I maintain that buying seeds is truly ... My, what large beans you have. These jumbo white beans are festooned with vibrant splashes of red. The long vines of this heirloom produce heavy yields ...

Although his day job has him working 12-hour shifts at VC Summer, as Winn became known within the seed saving community for his work with heirloom ... eggplant, beans and peas, and flowers such ...

“Climbing beans are a two-fer,” observes Jo-Anne Van den Berg Ohms, president of John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds in Bantam ... engine red and white of heirloom ‘Painted Lady’ runner ...

“On the other hand, a lot of heirloom varieties were bred with canning, fresh eating and flavor in mind.” In other words: They can taste better. Another advantage to heirloom seeds is they are ...