#potawatomipolelima

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I keep a box on my dresser for all the seeds (and ibuprofen) I find in my pockets at the end of the day. There are other boxes in other places for the same purpose. #blackpeanuts #speckledbambara #borlotto #teosinte #thaichili #snails #potawatomipolelima #brownspeckledbutterbeans #chestnutbeans #seaislandredpeas #fagiolinadeltrasimeno #pinkeyedbutterbean #ibuprofen #seedkeeping #pocketseeds (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

[seedkeeping]

Flashback to a couple weeks ago when my friend's daughter came to my farm and opened up the beauty of the Potawatomi Pole Lima. She attends an agricultural high school in Philly and wants to start up a seed library at her school! #seedheros #agriculturalhighschool #futurefarmers #futurefarmersofamerica #potawatomipolelima #phaseolusvulgaris (at Delaware County, Pennsylvania)

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Today was a bean day. 1. Potawatomi Pole Lima (Phaseolus lanatus), a beautiful and prolific lima from the Potawatomi Nation in Wisconson. 2. Fagiolina del Trasimeno (Vigna unguiculata) is an endangered Italian cowpea from the hills around Lake Trasimeno in Umbria, and is now protected by Slow Food Italy. 3. Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco (Phaseolus vulgaris) is another Italian heirloom that I learned about in a recipe for Succotash that @rbsayet sent me from her great great uncle Harold Tantaquidgeon, who was a Mohegan chief. This Native American species (P. vulgaris) of bean was adopted and adapted by Italians and then again adopted for use in this Mohegan recipe. As an Italian who grew up on Mohegan land, I'm excited to care for this bean as well. Thanks to William Woys Weaver and @roughwoodseeds for introducing me to the first two beans! #legumes #borlottobeans #borlotto #bolottolinguadifuoco #phaseolusvulgaris #phaseoluslunatus #vignaunguiculata #fagiolinadeltrasimeno #cowpeas #blackeyedpeas #commonbean #heirloombeans #potawatomipolelima (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)

[seedkeeping]

Potawatomi Pole Lima (Phaseolus lunatus) from the Potawatomi Nation in Wisconsin. Lima Beans were first domesticated in the Andes four thousand years ago but they did not travel North of the Rio Grande until 1300 AD. Potawatomi are Anishinaabe people from the Great Plains, Upper Mississippi River, and Western Great Lakes, though you might try their gorgeous and highly-productive lima bean stewed with corn in succotash, a traditional Wampanoag recipe from New England. If you are Potawatomi and want this bean - contact me! We only grew about this much, but I can try to increase it next year for you. #potawatomi #potawatomilima #potawatomipolelima #phaseoluslunatus #limabean #roughwoodseedcollection #williamwoysweaver #seedkeeping #seedsaving