Waterbridge beans

That'll be Bridgwater Beans then

I've got 2 plants on the go outside now, they've just started to climb the poles

Didn't actually get to taste them last year, just grew them to increase the stock.

 

So what's special about these Pontaqua beans then? Glow in the dark? Taste of roast beef? Are they the beans that the Victorians/Tudors/Saxons/Romans would have ate? Cool!

 

They look very similar to Borlotti Beans. I sowed mine the other day

 

Me too, they survived the forecasted -1c last night. Mainly because it was 11c, only 10 degrees out

 

Bit slow this week, only just got that

Meant to be the best tasting bean, I think only alex-adam has actually eaten them on here though.

 

Just planted out my Bridgwaters in the garden. - Also planting some in the polytunnel at the community allotment again and in the No2. polytunnel I'm trying another heritage variety "Cherokee Trail of Tears" an historic bean with a sad story associated with them.

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I'll be planting out my Bridgwater beans this weekend that Alex kindly sent me last year. I grew some Cherokee last year , very nice

Just got the Pontaqua beans one after failing to find it on Google

 

Was that the weatherbadger forecast zigs ? It forecast -1 here as well , it was 9°c .

 

No, this one. http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/United-Kingdom/Somerset/Hambridge.aspx

 

Pray tell a-a

 

Two links here Zigs, :

http://www.seedsavers.org/onlinestore/bean/Bean-Cherokee-Trail.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears

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Blimey, some terrible things there, so much for "The Land of the Free"

 

Cherokee Trail of Tears bean does have a very sad story to them , probably a good reason to grow them . Lest we forget mans inhumanity to man .