Has anyone ever grown or, for that matter, eaten fresh butter beans? The
only ones we ever get in England are dried, even the tinned ones. I think
we had fresh ones in Greece but the language made proper identification a
problem. They were delicious. Presumably they don't grow here, but I
wonder why not.

On Nov 11, 1:03*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-11-11 11:40:50 +0000, "Plum" said:

Has anyone ever grown or, for that matter, eaten fresh butter beans? *
The only ones we ever get in England are dried, even the tinned ones. *
I think we had fresh ones in Greece but the language made proper
identification a problem. *They were delicious. *Presumably they don't
grow here, but I wonder why not.

I *think* butter beans are a type of lima bean, Phaseolus lunata. *ISTR
Seeds of Italy had them but this isn't really mt thing. *When the
person who does most of our veg plants growing is next in, I'll ask her
and also see if she's got a catalogue yet.
--
Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

We went all through this topic a few weeks ago.

Dave Hill wrote in news:0735be8d-1e76-405c-
:

We went all through this topic a few weeks ago.

Yes you are right, but
At this time of year we need sumfink (something)(I hate that and many
educated people use it) to talk on topic about.

Let it flow, and there might be a few more interesting ideas comming during
this dark and depressing season.

I think that as long as a topic is not too repetative it should be recieved
in the same way a new one is.

The advice I have personally had here from all the experienced gardeners
has been invaluable in this first year with this newsgroup, and I hope some
people have taken mine too.

My Euro's worth
Baz

"Baz" wrote in message
...
Dave Hill wrote in news:0735be8d-1e76-405c-
:

We went all through this topic a few weeks ago.

Yes you are right, but
At this time of year we need sumfink (something)(I hate that and many
educated people use it) to talk on topic about.

Let it flow, and there might be a few more interesting ideas comming
during
this dark and depressing season.

I think that as long as a topic is not too repetative it should be
recieved
in the same way a new one is.

The advice I have personally had here from all the experienced gardeners
has been invaluable in this first year with this newsgroup, and I hope
some
people have taken mine too.

My Euro's worth
Baz

Before raising a topic I try to see if it has already been aired but the
Search did not produce anything. Newsgroups move so fast that a few weeks
ago is probably eons in newsgroup time.

Plum wrote:

Before raising a topic I try to see if it has already been aired but
the Search did not produce anything. Newsgroups move so fast that a
few weeks ago is probably eons in newsgroup time.

But it was *you* that started the previous thread!
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.re...78aaf7 c9ed96

--
Chris

"CT" wrote in
:

Hence my suggestion.

Start from scratch, because when the origional post was posted, most
gardeners were in the gardens and not looking at their computer screes to
see .............aw forget it.

Baz

Plum wrote:

Before raising a topic I try to see if it has already been aired but the
Search did not produce anything. Newsgroups move so fast that a few
weeks ago is probably eons in newsgroup time.

Eternal-September keeps posts for (I think) six months.

--
Rusty

How repetitive is *too* repetitive? This covered exactly the same ground as the last one, right down to the reference to Greece. It was probably exactly the same wording!