Hi, smokeymist! Oooh I love collecting heirloom beans. If you have any left of: Barnes Mountain Striped Hull Greasy Cut Short North Carolina Speckled Long Cutshort Greasy Doyce Chambers Grandma Barnett I would like to trade 7 of my beans (seven seeds) for 7 of your beans (seven seeds), so I can grow some out. If you'd rather have squash or carrots, I can spare 12 squash, or about 30 or 40 carrot seeds or so, again in trade for 7 beans. This is what I have - These are all packed for 2011 from Baker Creek or Territorial Seeds: Hidatsa Shield Bean Beurre De Rocquencourt Bush Wax Bean White Rice Bush Bean Bolita Pole Bean McCaslin 42 Pole Bean Red Dragon Carrots Tromboncino squash - I have never used it as a winter squash, but it is our favorite summer squash Thank you! Kathy

Hi GB, I just read up additional info regarding tomatoes and pictures of them, do you happen to have heirloom Brandywine, German Johnson, or Cherokee Purple? I would really like to trade for one of those types to try for my next year's gardent. Please let me know. Thanks, Yrael

I am not a fan of the supper earlies. Of those that I have tried, only Silver Knight, Quickie and Sunglo have been accetable. Yukon Chief was developed for Alaska. It is super early but I have not tried it. I have tried some Canadian varieties ( Polar Vee). Grew ok, but not very tasty. Orchid Baby is also quite early but gets mixed reviews. Have not tried it. Most of the OP's have a relative long season. Golden Bantam is the most popular OP at about 80 days. Country Gentleman and Stowell's Evergreen run about 90 days. If you really want an early OP, Yukon Chief and Orchid Baby are probably your best bet. Silver Knight

The chocolate pepper I have is heirloom. I originally bought the seed from Salt Spring Seeds in BC several years ago. Last year was a bad growing season, so I did not save seeds from those peppers, and we had to ripen them indoors. The seeds I have to offer are from 2011. I honestly can't remember how many peppers I got that season. My impression was that it was an average amount, that the plants weren't super productive like some of the hybrids are. I have read on various heirloom seed sites that these peppers can take anywhere from 60-88 days to grow and ripen. It probably depends on the climate where you live. I am in zone 2a and our growing seasons are really variable. I find it usually takes around 85 days here.