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 info

Pea - Shelling - Green Arrow The Pea Shelling Green Arrow, 'Pisum sativum', is a very productive, dwarf plant with large 4 inch pods containing 9 to11 wonderful sweet peas per pod. Remember when you were a kid how fun it was to pop open a pod and eat the Peas? As an adult, you will enjoy the wonderful taste of Green Arrow peas and appreciate the dwarf, 2 foot vines for ease of growing. Green Arrow is very disease resistant. The pods are set in pairs atop the plant for easy harvest. 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. Shelling peas should be harvested when the pods are plump which is about 3 weeks after flowering.