Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

I see. Then you might do a comparison with the price of organic dry beans.
I can't tell you anything about large scale bean production, but you might
be better off buying the commercial organic beans and put your garden area
to some better use. For example, crops that need to be homegrown to avoid
loss of freshness. Beans don't. 

Do as you like, that's just my take on it. I've only worked with Romano
pole beans and Tepary beans. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/31/2007 at 5:17 PM Phil Bunch wrote:

>Thanks Paul.
>
>We are not thinking about selling them. They would be for family
>consumption
>and perhaps some trading with other folks in the area. I'm trying to
figure
>how much area I want to devote to them. My wife prefers them as shelly
>beans
>so it looks like we may be doing succession plantings.  
>
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