Other Legumes

Packets cost $3.00 each

(New) Sweet Lorane Fava - A small-seeded beige fava bean. This variety is delicious as a fresh shelled bean and it’s good used as a dry bean when mature. The plants get quite tall (some of ours have topped 7 feet in fertile soil) which makes them cut out to be an excellent nitrogen-fixing and soil building cover crop as well! Beautiful and fragrant black and white flowers. 

Ethiopian Lentil - Not the true lentil (Lens culinaris) but rather the species Lathyrus sativus, sometimes called the Grass Pea. Lathyrus is commonly grown in drought prone regions of southern Asia and northern Africa as an insurance crop, one that will dependably produce something even in the worst years. I’ve not had good results growing true lentils, but Ethiopian Lentil always produces early and dependable crops. These drought tolerant plants climb up to waist high with tendrils. Plant densely for the plants to self-support themselves. They have blue flowers and a slightly vetch-like appearance. Seeds are angular, grey in colour and larger than true lentils.    100+ seeds

Red Adzuki (Vigna angularis) – Adzukis aren’t a common sight in Canadian gardens but I’m hoping that will change. They’re every bit as good a crop and a food as regular dry beans. Common in Japan and China, the bush plants dry down in September producing a multitude of seeds inside little pods.   200+ seeds (15 grams) 

Painted Lady Runner (Phaseolus coccineus) Huge, brown speckled seeds produced on prolific vines. The red (and sometimes pink) flowers are a favourite of hummingbirds. A different species than the common bean, runners are actually tropical perennials grown as annuals in our climate. Limited supply