Beans and Pods
Desparado Green Beans
After picking, you can remove the stem end tip, also known as "topping" the bean. You can eat the beans right away or blanch and freeze them for up to a year.
Harvest June 2-June 17
Keystone Winter Pea
Early peas can be eaten fresh, while later peas can be shelled and used in soups, salads, and stir fries. Pea shoots can be eaten raw in salads or cooked in stir-fries. Pea vines are also edible and can be steamed or sautéed.
Primarily a cover crop
Mung Beans
The leaves, pods, and tubers are all edible. When the pods start to dry out or change color, they are ready to dig up and can be eaten raw, boiled, or roasted. You can blend mung beans into a batter.
Harvest July 17+
Red Ripper Cowpeas
Young cowpea pods can be eaten fresh, canned, or frozen65. They can also be used in bean salads, soups, cakes, and vegetarian gravies. Dry cowpeas need to be soaked and boiled before eating.
Harvest July 17+
Spring Forage Peas
Early peas can be eaten fresh. Later peas can be shelled and used in soups, salads, and stir fries. Shoots can be eaten raw in salads or cooked in stir-fries. Vines can be steamed or sautéed.
Harvest June 2-June17
Twilight Black Beans
Black beans can be used in soups, salads, and dips. They can be braised, roasted, sautéed, fried, or simmered.