What's in YOUR seed order?

[cyprinella]

I'm still going through the catalogs to figure out my veg order but I fell down the wildflower seed rabbithole. I ended up with a large bag of native wildflower seed mix from American Meadows with which to do some Concern Citizen Tired of Looking at Non-Native Weeds gardening over some finished road construction sites in my neighborhood. Anyone else have something cool on order?

Comments

[cyprinella]

Yeah, townhouse lot so there's not a lot of space for permanent stuff that's not feeding me. Runner beans might be worth trying. Are they a dried bean or can you eat them as green beans?

[theora]

I believe you can eat them both dried and fresh, but I've only eaten them as fresh.

[sam_gardener]

I've only eaten them as green beans but they're apparently also good dried, here's a link https://agardenerstable.com/2013/01/30/a-bean-worth-drying-the-scarlet-runner/ . I want to try that this year.

I've grown Scarlet Empress and several different varieties and colors from Territorial Seeds. I thought they aii tasted nice but can't remember if any were tastier than others.

[cyprinella]

Hm. I may have to give those a go. I was looking at what Southeast Seed Exchange had to say about runner beans because everything in Baker Creek said that they're cool weather beans. SESE basically said that here in Virginia they won't set pods until fall when temps drop, but if that means they'll spend the summer flowering instead, that's actually good!

[sam_gardener]

They were happy in Seattle for sure, though they make some beans here in southern Oregon during the heat of summer. We do usually have cool nights, which may be a difference. As long as they make flowers you can't lose. :)

[katertot]

Oh so that's why I never got any! I tried them for a few summers and thought something was eating them. Mine didn't flower much, either. :( Iowa has hot summers.

[cyprinella]

Hmmm, good to know! Virginia does hot (90F and higher) and humid. I'll have to ask around.