Pole beans are wonderful, especially if you don’ t have much space. Yet bush beans set pods prolifically, don’t need staking, and are compact. Blue lake bush beans have all these attributes and more. The blue lake bean variety is an heirloom developed from the blue lake pole bean. Try growing these green beans for a crisp, delicious bush bean that has decades of gardener approval. What are Blue Lake Beans? Heirloom blue lake beans are a popular variety that has been around for generations. The pole version was the predecessor, but the bush was developed from it in 1961. These gardener favorites produce straight, long pods that were favorite canning beans. The pods all mature at roughly the same time, which makes them perfect for canning and freezing, but they taste great fresh too. This bean variety came to be in the early 1900’s as a pole bean, but […]
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