Bean Bush - Snap - Blue Lake 274

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The Bean Bush Snap Blue Lake 274, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is an old time favorite with exceptional Blue Lake flavor. It is noted for retaining excellent flavor and texture as a frozen bean. The snap bean or green bean is eaten pod and all like one of those vegetables, such as tomatoes, that tastes significantly better when grown at home rather than bought at the store. Blue Lake 274 produces a very large crop of round, 6 inch pods all at once. Plant the Blue Lake 274 Snap Bean after the last average frost date. Bush beans can be planted in succession to produce beans all season. Seed in new crop every 7 to 14 days. In hot summer areas, the beans should be planted in March for June harvest. This bush bean prefers rich, organic, well drained, and warm soil. The soil must be kept evenly moist but not soggy. ... more information

Pea Edible Pod - Oregon Sugar Pod The Pea Snow Oregon Sugar Pod, 'Pisum sativum', is a flat podded type pea that has great disease resistance and has tasty, stringless pods for stir fry or salads. This is one of the three vegetables that tastes much better garden grown than from a store. Oregon Sugar Pod produces a huge number of 4 inch tasty pods which are harvested and eaten when the pods are flat, before the seed forms. Oregon Sugar Pods are excellent for the freezer. Plant in the early spring, as soon as the soil can be worked. In mild climates, plant in the fall for winter harvest. Peas prefer well drained soil. Keep the plants moist but do not get them over watered and soggy. Successive plantings 1 week apart will prolong the harvest season.