To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Lab-Lab
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 18:49:52 -0400 (EDT)
Marsha wrote:
>It is an extremely good grower even in
>poorer soil, a great permanent fence climber ( lives 3-4 years, makes a
>large woody stem), has quite lovely white flowers and pea-like pods with
>three seeds which when green look a bit like a lima bean-- but the flowers
>are pea flowers and not bean flowers. It is quite good as a green bean.
>Some people eat the young pods but I find the green beans much better.
Is this bean tasty when dried/as a soup or baking bean?