First and second harvest of broad beans for drying to eat and next year’s seed. This is my “Væres Venner Mix” land race selected for maximum bean diversity each year – a joy to work with and candy for the eyes! The first sowing (first picture) were sown on 18th May and harvested on 19th September; the second sowing was on 2nd June and were harvested on 24th September (both were 5 different colour selections from last year’s crop; sown in 5 adjacent rows!)
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Hello Stephen,
I wonder could you tell me more about the origns of Væres Venner Mix?
Best wishes
Diana
Originally it was a mix of different coloured/patterned beans that I had been previously trying to grow separately. Now all the different colours are grown in a block together to encourage them to cross. Each year I sort the different colours / sizes for the following year’s seed, replanting again in different coloured rows next to each other. The colours seem to be maintained from year to year and the result is a grex with broad genetic diversity which should mean it is more robust as well as being pleasingly colourful!
I have a second line bred for early maturing.