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Gardening

HopeHoops

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2. Ah, purple bush beans - one of my favorite.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 08:41 AM

Jan 2012

I just wish they would STAY purple when you cook them. Weird, but they go green. I like to use them fresh on salads for color. They grow very well around here - well, if the rabbits don't munch off all of the leaves. That's one of their favorite varieties to demolish.

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Johnny's has a purple okra this year. I may have to grow some. [View all] HopeHoops Jan 2012 OP

going to add white to our beet colors this year...alongside red, golden, and chioggia. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2012 #1

Ah, purple bush beans - one of my favorite. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #2