what's your favorite bean?

[mopinko]

we plan to focus on growing beans next year, as our hugelkulture will need the nitrogen for a year or 2. so we are looking for interesting and tasty beans that we can seed save.
will probably do a teenie bit of the three sisters thing and tuck in a couple melons and squash, but to run and shade out the weeds. suggestions for that welcome also.
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[Historic NY]

1. I love Italian Romano Beans....

cooked up with your scrungy tomatoes and a little basil. My grandmother used to make them I found a little short cut this year I steamed them a little, while the sauce cooked. I put mine on a teepee poles.

Some nice crusty bread oh my.

[mopinko]

9. looking for the right one.

something i am a little more fond of than DH, but definitely need to grow.

[mattvermont]

2. we grow an acre of Black Beans

every other year at our organic farm...3000 pounds of fresh black beans are a wonderful sight. No soaking, even after a year. They cook quickly and taste great. We have also done kidney and Maine yellow eye.

[mopinko]

8. a pound of black beans is on the list.

just a pound from the grocery store. i think they are pretty stable. kindneys, pintos, all that.
have to check out maine yellow eye.

[doc03]

3. Jelly beans n/t

[Thor_MN]

4. Human beans

[pnwest]

5. love me some black beams

[Geoff R. Casavant]

6. I am a big fan of cannellini.

White kidney beans. They make a great bean dip with olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice. I also toss them in pasta sauce.

[mopinko]

10. another must have.

[bluedave]

7. Rowan Atkinson

I think that's his name- Mr. Bean