Landrace Gardening: Beans

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Open Pollinated Land-race Snap Beans

Summary
I grow my own variety of genetically diverse open pollinated land-race snap beans on my farm.
Varieties
Contains yellow, green, purple, and mottled snap beans. About 30 varieties contributed genes to the landrace. All varieties are bush beans. Seed color is white, black, red, tan, brown, and mixed. They may also may be allowed to mature for use as a dry bean.


Shop for genetically diverse beans:

Bean, Lofthouse Landrace Dry Mix

Fava Bean, Lofthouse Landrace (Organic)

'Speedy Alpine' Dry Bean Grex

Speedy Dry Bean Grex

Lofthouse Landrace Tepary Beans

Vivid Spirals Dry Bean Grex


Bean (Common): France Haricot Landrace

Beefy Resilient Grex

Dry Bean, Beef-Bush Black Resilient

Cody Cove Landrace Bush Bean


5 Colors Mix Yard Long Bean

Annie’s Rainbow Bean Mix

Castor Bean Mix

CLIMBING BEAN - Heirloom Mix seeds

Dry Pole Bean Heirloom Seeds Mix

Heirloom Bean Soup Mix

Multicolored Pole Bean Mix (open-pollinated varieties)

Pole Bean 'Katie's Mixed Snaps' Seeds (Certified Organic)

Runner Bean Jackpot Mixed - Seeds

Shumway's Old-Fashioned Bean Soup Mix