Beans, Fava, Midnight Black (80 days to green shelling beans)  This was a gift From Sierra seed-steward Rowen White. We are now excited to share these little onyx black gems with you too! Fava beans make an excellent staple crop that fills the gap before the summer crops come on, which is why they are popular among many subsistence farmers around the world particularly in the Middle East, Meso-America and the Mediterranean. Best planted in fall, or late winter ( February or March), they grow to about 30" tall and produce many 6" pods, which have pale green beans when harvested for fresh shelling (delicious steamed with salt like Edamame), or if left to dry on the stalk they turn to a shiny black. HEIRLOOM. SSF BE47 - 1 oz = $3.95...

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Beans, Fava, Ocongate (80 days to green shelling beans) Vicia Faba  ORGANIC A broad, Windsor-type fava originally from the Ocongate District in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru in the high Andes. Typically planted in fall or early in spring (February or March) it can easily handle cold temperatures down to the teens. It flowers in April and May producing abundant nectar-rich white flowers that bees and pollinators adore. Green pods can be harvested for fresh shelling, boiled in salt water and eaten like edamame soybeans or allowed to dry down and used like chickpeas for a delicious hummus. The dry beans are a gorgeous buff with a dark red spot, large, flat and about 1” long. HEIRLOOM. SSF BE411: One Ounce - $3.95...

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Beans, Fava, Urkupina Vicia Faba (80 days to green shelling beans)  ORGANIC A unique heirloom named after the city in Bolivia, this is a large seeded broad bean that can be fall or spring sown. Grows to 3 feet tall and produces 12-20 large pods with 1” beans. These can be shelled fresh and steamed for a delicious treat that has been enjoyed throughout the middle east and mediterranean regions, as well as central and south America. Easy to grow, favas are also a great nectar source for beneficial insects. Dry beans have beautiful tan and brown swirls on them like little mouse ears. HEIRLOOM, SSF BE25: One Ounce - $3.95...

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Chickpea, Anna (90 days)  ORGANIC Garbanzos are a cooler weather crop that can be sown like peas early in spring. The plants are best thinned to about a foot apart because of their spreading habit. They don't need staking. They require little attention beyond the occasional weeding or hoeing and are quite drought-tolerant. Anna is an early maturing small seeded garbanzo with seeds that are 1/4" across and a pretty yellow to orange color. Flowers are a pink set against dusky green lacey foliage. Produce two, sometimes one bean per pod. Plant early in spring. Bush habit. HOO GB1: 1/2 oz = $3.95 1/4 lb = $15.00...

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Chickpea, Black Kabouli (100 days)  ORGANIC A novel black seeded (more actually a brown/black) garbanzo from Afghanistan. They thrive in cool spring weather and are not fond of summer's heat, so plant early. Flowers are a delightful pale pink and purple foliage is the dusky light green of peas. Bush habit. HEIRLOOM. SSF. GB3 - .5 oz = $3.95...

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Chickpea, Munk's Moroccan  - (100 days)  ORGANIC Purple flowers, tan-brown seeds that are about 1/2" across. Productive. Plant early in spring when you would plant peas. Small, fuzzypods contain one or two beans. There may be hummus in your future! HOO GB2 - 1/2 oz = $3.95 1/4 lb = $15.00...

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Fava Beans, Andean Mix  ORGANIC This is an interbreeding mixture of all the varieties listed here and others for which we have more limited quantities that were sourced in the highlands of Ecuador and Peru in the Andean mountains. You can expect to see dry seeds with green, gold, brown, speckled, thumbprint, and red-spot patterns and colors. We are working to develop beneficial relationships with the Red de Guardianes de Semillas through tithing back 10% of our proceeds to support regenerative subsistence agriculture among Indigenous peoples.  BE56: One Ounce - $3.95...

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Fava Beans, Cambridge Scarlet (80-140 days)  ORGANIC Highly unique and attractive on account of its bright red flowers that are really more a shade of magenta. Dry seeds are bright green and small to medium in size.  Produces tall plants with 4-8 large pods that make great shelling beans for fresh eating.  Seed obtained from seedsman Doug Gosling.  SSF. BE58: One Ounce - $3.95 1/4 lb. - $12...

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Fava Beans, Copper (80-140 days)  ORGANIC A late maturing variety with medium-sized deep copper brown seeds that was shared with us at a seed swap on Orcas Island in Washington. Pods are upright containing 1 to 3 seeds, in bunches of 2 to 4 pods per cluster. Can be fall or spring planted.  SSF.   BE59: Half Ounce - $3.95...

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Fava Beans, Verde (80-140 days)  ORGANIC A very pretty, large seeded Windsor type fava from the highlands of Peru shared with us by an Amaru family.  Dry seeds are a pleasant medium green as opposed to the typical buff, pale green color.  We are adapting this variety to fall planting here in Oregon, but Spring planting may be wisest on account of its equatorial adaptation. A portion of the proceeds donated to the Red de Guardianes de Semillas. BE60: One Ounce - $3.95...

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