kayjones and ricjo22, I sent you both an email, so hopefully you got it. Sue/chemocurl, I actually have two posts on that page detailing my issues, both displaying error messages I have received when trying to show my email address. I've also contacted the site about the situation, but haven't received any response. Thank you for trying to help me, though.

Yup, did a lot of them in 2008. My 2009 crop was a disaster due to the extremely cold summer, didn't get the first bean until late September, and only got a few, so no excess. While I've heard comments that they don't freeze well, this has puzzled me because I see no difference in quality between these and regular Phaseolus vulgaris beans when frozen. In fact, I think I might just like the yard longs better out of the freezer.

All members of the cowpea family can cross under some conditions. But the 'some conditions' is rare to very rare. Cowpeas have a large legume type bloom that encloses the pistil which is pollinated just before the bloom opens. However, bumblebees and some other pollinators can rip the bloom open prematurely and once in a while will cause crosspollination. You don't have to do much to prevent crossing. Plant them at least 25 feet apart in rows and have taller intervening plants such as corn between. This won't give 100% pure seed at breeder standards, but it will be close enough for home growing. From my perspective, a few hybrids between the yardlong beans might be desirable. You could come up with something unique and better producing than the parents. DarJones

Limas like heat, so you should have no problem. Yardlongs are a subspecies of cowpea and handle heat well.