Painted Pony Beans

A very sturdy and productive 16 plant.

Painted pony beans. The painted pony is a relative of the appaloosa an heirloom that i ll be posting on soon. Painted pony dry bean phaseolus vulgaris bean plant. Painted pony dry bean 01273.

The bush type plants of painted pony beans are very good producers of long thin green stringless pods. 60 80 annual full sun container friendly. A two gallon apothecary jar contained painted pony beans coppery brown with speckled white rumps.

This heirloom is a bean is native to mexico and the southwestern united states. 25 days till maturity. These are both bush varieties of beans that i selected for dry beans in order to make soup.

Ingredient list i used store bought chicken stock. Long thin pods are stringless when young and good for snap beans. The long stringless pods are perfect for snap beans.

The actual recipe i used is based on a navy bean soup recipe. There were three two quart mason jars filled with shiny black turtle beans that have a white dotted midpoint. Painted pony bean soup recipe the painted pony beans after they have been soaked over night.

The bird egg beans are beautiful. The half brown and half white kidney shaped bean gives rise to its name. Heirloom painted pony bean is a dual purpose bean.

High yields for this fantastic multi purpose variety. 55 85 days an heirloom that is a multi purpose bean. Painted pony bean 0 99.

Painted pony bean seeds. Leave them on the vine to reach full maturity for a harvest of dry beans. It is a dry shell variety that can also be used as a snap bean just pick it early when the pods start to plump as you would any snap bean.

For beans i went with the painted pony from the selection sent to me by sse s diane ott whealy. I had planned to create a small mosaic like plant stand with their little dots facing up. This north american bean was a fitting choice since the recipes in this post are built around foods of american origin.

Bush habit 60 days for snaps 80 days for dry beans. The beans plump up after soaking. Approximate seeds per pack.

1 2 pound of dried painted pony beans. This follow up post to how many beans per square foot was over a year in the making. A bean is the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family fabaceae which are used as vegetables for human or animal food.

It can be picked in the early stages for a snap bean or left a few more weeks until mature and used for a shell bean. They retain their distinctive color even in the finished soup. Painted pony wild rice and corn salad published on may 8 2015 by bobbie morris reminiscent of a foraged succotash this recipe features our painted pony heirloom beans bursting with warm rustic flavors.

They can be cooked in many different ways. The dry beans are excellent for soups and retain their markings when cooked.