Cool Beans! No, Really!

So many of you know I like to put a few veggies in the garden each year. Even though we are now on our small "city" lot, I still made some room. Anyway, this year I bought three kinds of bean seeds and sorta forgot what I planted.

So they grew... and the first ones to mature were the traditional green beans of which we have eaten soooo many - YUM! They aren't producing as much anymore (hope those darn Asian beetles don't have anything to do with that!). Now the purple ones (don't remember the name of them) are coming in like crazy - too bad they pretty much turn green when you cook them otherwise they would make for such a pretty plate! These are bigger - well longer anyway - than the green ones. So I remembered buying some called asparagus beans that were longer and I assumed that must be what these were called.

So finally I have what turns out to be a vine climbing type bean - for which I have only recently put out stakes for them to climb... But although I thought I remembered seeing blooms it didn't seem to be producing any beans - oh well, must be slow. But alas - I am the slow one!! What I thought were extensions of the vines are actually the beans. No, I'm not totally stupid - take a look at the picture. These beans are only a little thicker then the vine and they are extremely long. I'm talking like a foot!! No kidding!! There aren't many yet but I suspect I'll be trying them soon and I'll let you know how they taste. Certainly there must be a great presentation dish to make - oh yes, in all my free time - how about 2am? ha! Oh and Luka would appreciate a gourmet meal too - right?

So here are the pics... The good 'ol green ones (those holes in the leaves are those beetles!!). There are blooms still so we should still have more coming...


These are the purple ones - still look like beans - maybe a little longer and purple... but they are still easily recognized as beans. Again, beetle holes!!


Then the final 3 pics - and I kid you not these are the beans! I put my hand in two of the pictures so you could tell how long these are - crazy! What hid these even more was that they were hanging down into the leaves so you couldn't see the whole bean - only the top of what appeared to be where the vine thickened a little.



This last pic shows some younger ones starting to grow that still have the blooms on the ends.


So am I crazy?