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Bean Planting Day at GrassRoots
June 16, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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You are invited to come out and learn more about heirloom beans and how to plant and care for them
Visit the GrassRoots Garden, help us with our new bean plantings, and learn the many reasons why planting beans amounts to more than just a Hill of Beans:
• High in Protein, Diversity in your Diet, Food in Winter, Great Storage Crop
• Helps Replenish the Soil, Nitrogen Fixers, Good for Compost
• Fun and Pretty Colors and Patterns, Help Save Heirloom Seeds,
Gourmet Varieties not found in Stores
Door prizes – Silent Auction
Bean Related Snacks and Recipes
Varieties Being Planted: Black Valentine – Painted Pony – Calypso – Sieva – Henderson Bush Lima – Black Turtle – Tiger’s Eye – Ireland Creek Annie’s – Cannelini – Edamame – Carson Yellow Wax – Garbanzos – Red Hidatsa – Blue Lake
