The Last of the Beans

These are Anasazi beans. They look a little like black-eye beans.

This is a picture of the three Anasazi beans. They have a curious history. The beans were found by one of Tom's distant relatives who lives in the desert and likes to explore the land. Thank you, Gary. He sent us these ancient beans but since we have no land to grow them we send them to our friend Jerry who owns a small ranch. He planted them and they grew and produced the next crop of beans. These three beans are from this crop. Then we decided to send the rest of the beans to another relative who is a farmer. Well, sort of. He is interested in organic farming and actually lives on a farm.

These three beans were taken out of this batch. They will probably grow. I migh actually plant them and see what happens. The amazing fact is that the original beans are probably at least 70 year old and they grew. Bean are one of the easiest plants to grow and they almost always produce some crop. Even ancient Indian beans did.