Green beans, I mean purple beans, no really they are green

Remember me telling you about the beans Tipper from Blind Pig gave us? They are from Sow True Seed company. To refresh your memory you can read about it here. 

Well we harvested the first of a small batch of them. Purple they are. I mean they are green beans. 

I started with a strip of nice smoky bacon, diced and fried it. I then added a small diced onion and probably 2-3 cups of beans in my small pressure cooker and added some water. 

I let it come to pressure and set my timer for 3 minutes. Then this is what I had . . . green beans, I mean purple beans. They were delicious. They have just a hint of sweetness but yet still so much like the contenders we normally plant. 

The plants look beautiful and are still producing. I hope for a canner full to come.

I still love the purple blooms. So THANK YOU Sow True seed Company and Tipper. We loved the flavor and beauty of them. 

Sow True Seed report

We love our green beans. Every year we plant the Contender variety. In previous years we've canned more than 50 pints. That is until last year, with the drought we only got a few fresh meals. Luckily I had a few pints left over. 

So far this year we have canned 38 pints and 6 quarts. These beans were planted about the 2nd week of May. 

In May we went to John C Campbell Folk School in North Carolina. Several evenings while we were there we were lucky enough to visit with Tipper of The Blind Pig and the Acorn. One evening she gave me a package of Sow True Seeds.  It was the Snap Bush Royal Burgundy variety. 

These beans will be fascinating to me.  I noticed once they popped their little heads out of the soil by a couple of inches that their stems were purple. 

This picture shows the seeds as we were planting them.

In 10-12 days they were popping through.

This I believe was the 4 to 5 week photo.

Now at 6-7 weeks they are blooming a beautiful purple. You might be as surprised as I was to find out that they grow purple beans. However when you cook them they turn green, or so I've been told.

I can hardly wait to pick the beans in this row.

Now I pray for rain, we are already watering. We don't need another drought like last year.

I'll keep you posted on their progress.  In the mean time visit Sow True Seed company! Also check out Tipper's post about the bean giveaway.