Camp, I too cannot stand butter beans from a can nor frozen, these are just as terrible and overly large and tough as the green peas found in tv dinners, yuk. Wayne, thanks for the Fordhook bush tip but my bush days are over except for snaps (green beans) which is the best way to freeze large fresh batches at once. My back ain't what she used to be so my days bending over to pick BBs is behind me. Last year while I was expecting a dismal repeat of King of the Garden limas I planted Butter Peas bush variety as a back-up, these were productive and tasty but way too much effort bending over to harvest. Sticking to pole picking. PN, wonder what the heck happened to Sieva seed beans? If King of the Hill seed wasn't offered around here we'd have zero pole varieties on the market today. Wish too that I had saved some Sieva seed :(

Freezing is the preservation method of choice for ease (drying takes a LONG time) and best results when 'picked green'. Link below is to a current discussion on preserving them from over on the Harvest Forum here. But if you want to dry them then the Harvest Forum (focus is food preserving) also gives you links to drying instructions at NCHFP. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Freezing Favas

I am looking to trade for some of your Vicia faba fava/broad beans. I have vegetable seeds to trade - please see my list. Thanks, -Tom Here is a link that might be useful: My Trade List

spanish flag & sweet pea. have sorrel hyacinth bean, yellow meat watermelon seeds,lychnia,catnip,aniseblue flax.lmk