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Home›At Home›Gardening For Children In Tunnels Of Heirloom Pinto Snap Beans!

Gardening For Children In Tunnels Of Heirloom Pinto Snap Beans!

By Pamela Kimsey
October 25, 2012
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A Fort Of History Pinto Snaps for Grandson! Photo By Tommy Meade

Gardening for children means so much more than playing in the pole bean tunnels. Although how can gardening get any more fun than this! I think that Grandson Bradley will always remember gardening with his Grandfather, Tom Meade in this special Virginian Heirloom Garden! What do you think?

The Pinto Snap Bean growing is a rare heirloom. In Tom's Gardenit flourishes as he saves the seeds that he hopes Bradley will grow to pass down to his Grandchildren as well.

Pinto Snap Pods Photo By Tommy Meade

On this virtual garden tour Tom tells us that “A lot of people would never consider a green bean as one of their favorite heirlooms, but mine is a green bean that I have been growing out now for 10 yrs.”

We were lucky to hear the story he shares about the discovery of this special pole bean.

Tom tells, “I went back home to where I am originally from in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia near the Kentucky border.”

“I hadn't been back in many years. As I visited with family, I ran into a childhood friend that invited me over for supper.”

“His wife served green beans that were fried, not cooked in boiling water for hours with a piece of some type of pork boiled with them as I usually had them. This was the BEST I had ever had as my friend explained it was all about the bean!”

“I asked what kind of green bean it was and he replied, a pinto snap. I had never heard of it and being the gardener I am I asked a few more questions about it. It turned out that it had been passed down from his grandfather to his father and to him. His grandfather had found seed in a mason jar with a zinc lid in an old cabin in Kentucky that they were moving to a museum in the 1940's.”

Now Tom had my full attention! He told us that they were happy to share some of the seeds with him that fall. When spring rolled around he got busy with them and planted in the garden.

He explains that, “the bean is eaten as a young green bean and is virtually a stringless pole bean flat in nature. They produced early to my surprise. In fact they beat all my other pole beans by a month!”

Pinto Snap Seeds Photo By Tommy Meade

Tom also tells us that when the temperatures begin to reach the 90′s the beans will begin to fade back. But that as the temperatures begin to drop again in the fall they come back in full force. He was able to harvest about 10 pounds of seeds. “Enough to last a life time,” he tells us “and enough to not worry about loosing this precious heirloom.”

As we love to eat our pinto beans in the south, I must say the opportunity to grow them as a pole bean with a snap is irresistible. I can see these historical beans growing in our garden next season.

You can find Tom Meade busy trading heirloom seeds and sharing some wonderful garden advice on his blog, Tom's Garden, as well as his special group on Facebook called Seed Traders.You can also find him sharing seeds inSeed Traders For Future Generations.

Become a part of preserving diversity as well as history. You can change the course of the garden for future generations!

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Pammy is a organic gardener in Southeast Texas who believes diversity with natural habitats is the key to a successful garden. With a background as a commercial grower and manager for a large wholesale nursery, she became quickly dismayed with the over use of chemicals and the effects they have on life and the environment.
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TagsGrowing A Pole Bean Tunnel For ChildrenHeirloom Pinto Snap BeansPinto Snap Green BeansPinto Snap Pole BeansSaving Seeds For Future Generations

6 comments

  1. Tanya25 October, 2012 at 06:09 Reply

    I love this story! This is what makes heirlooms special, enjoying them year after year and passing them down to our loved ones. Very special, thank you.

    • Pam Wood Kimsey25 October, 2012 at 06:15 Reply

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it Tanya! I love seeing the relationship in the garden with Grandpa!! Makes my day!! =D

  2. Debbie Lazaroff25 October, 2012 at 06:40 Reply

    Love that Tom is passing this wonderful bean down to future generations. I’m sure he’s also passing down the love of gardening too. Thanks for sharing this cool story.

    • Pam Wood Kimsey25 October, 2012 at 07:04 Reply

      I think you’re right Debbie!! Perhaps a love shared for many to come! Love sharing this stuff! Glad you enjoyed it! 😉

  3. Jean in mt25 October, 2012 at 15:05 Reply

    This is a great article; heartwarming and interesting, plus a great education on the importance and satisfaction of growing heirloom seeds.

    • Pam Wood Kimsey25 October, 2012 at 19:47 Reply

      Aw Thank You Jean!! It means so much!! We are working hard to show these awesome heirlooms!! 😉

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