My tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) this year were almost entirely wiped out by rabbits.
Enough seeds were recovered to keep this project going, and I'll be reinforcing the garden fence.
Enough seeds were recovered to keep this project going, and I'll be reinforcing the garden fence.
November 8, 2026 at 7:05 AM
My tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) this year were almost entirely wiped out by rabbits.
Enough seeds were recovered to keep this project going, and I'll be reinforcing the garden fence.
Enough seeds were recovered to keep this project going, and I'll be reinforcing the garden fence.
I've been trying to find (or make) the other bright colors that should be possible, but most tepary beans seem to be variations on brown.
They have the same underlying color biology of other dry beans. It's just a matter of finding the right mutations, if they exist.
They have the same underlying color biology of other dry beans. It's just a matter of finding the right mutations, if they exist.
November 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I've been trying to find (or make) the other bright colors that should be possible, but most tepary beans seem to be variations on brown.
They have the same underlying color biology of other dry beans. It's just a matter of finding the right mutations, if they exist.
They have the same underlying color biology of other dry beans. It's just a matter of finding the right mutations, if they exist.
All this rain lately has my Akimel O'odham Black Tepary beans developing their first pods!
These are the most heat and drought tolerant crop on Earth, and a testament to the bioengineering prowess of the indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert!
These are the most heat and drought tolerant crop on Earth, and a testament to the bioengineering prowess of the indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert!
October 10, 2026 at 10:57 PM
All this rain lately has my Akimel O'odham Black Tepary beans developing their first pods!
These are the most heat and drought tolerant crop on Earth, and a testament to the bioengineering prowess of the indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert!
These are the most heat and drought tolerant crop on Earth, and a testament to the bioengineering prowess of the indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert!
I grew a bush black bean from realseeds.co.uk/otherbeans.h...
this year. Had to resow some of them due to slugs but they have quietly gotten on with things and for a few plants been very productive.
Easy to grow, harvest, prep for storage.
Have yet to eat, but should be good.
this year. Had to resow some of them due to slugs but they have quietly gotten on with things and for a few plants been very productive.
Easy to grow, harvest, prep for storage.
Have yet to eat, but should be good.
Unusual Beans from The Real Seed Catalogue
Unusual Beans from the Real Seed Catalogue - soya, tepary and yard-long beans.
realseeds.co.uk
September 26, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I grew a bush black bean from realseeds.co.uk/otherbeans.h...
this year. Had to resow some of them due to slugs but they have quietly gotten on with things and for a few plants been very productive.
Easy to grow, harvest, prep for storage.
Have yet to eat, but should be good.
this year. Had to resow some of them due to slugs but they have quietly gotten on with things and for a few plants been very productive.
Easy to grow, harvest, prep for storage.
Have yet to eat, but should be good.
@ranchogordo.bsky.social 👋🏻 I love everything I've ever ordered from you all, but my absolute favorite has been your brown tepary beans. Any plans to bring them back?
September 25, 2026 at 2:29 AM
@ranchogordo.bsky.social 👋🏻 I love everything I've ever ordered from you all, but my absolute favorite has been your brown tepary beans. Any plans to bring them back?
If y'all are looking for a meaty bean, the tepiary beans from Ramona Farms are mighty store.ramonafarms.com/Tepary-Beans...
Tepary Beans - Heirloom Bavi | Ramona Farms
store.ramonafarms.com
September 20, 2026 at 11:17 PM
If y'all are looking for a meaty bean, the tepiary beans from Ramona Farms are mighty store.ramonafarms.com/Tepary-Beans...
The common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are of my blue seeded pole bean variety.
The lima beans (P. lunatus) are either a dark purple or a black variety.
The tepary beans (P. acutifolius) are a mix of a couple different varieties and possibly hybrids between them.
The lima beans (P. lunatus) are either a dark purple or a black variety.
The tepary beans (P. acutifolius) are a mix of a couple different varieties and possibly hybrids between them.
September 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are of my blue seeded pole bean variety.
The lima beans (P. lunatus) are either a dark purple or a black variety.
The tepary beans (P. acutifolius) are a mix of a couple different varieties and possibly hybrids between them.
The lima beans (P. lunatus) are either a dark purple or a black variety.
The tepary beans (P. acutifolius) are a mix of a couple different varieties and possibly hybrids between them.
Wait till you hear about tepary beans!
September 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Wait till you hear about tepary beans!
I’m confident that I’m the only guy in the UK cooking tepary beans today
August 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I’m confident that I’m the only guy in the UK cooking tepary beans today
Yeah, i haven't ordered anything from the US since well before March 2025.
Ah! found a Canadian source:
Ah! found a Canadian source:
Search: 3 results found for "tepary"
Encouraging home gardening and seed saving on the prairies since 1986
prairiegardenseeds.ca
August 28, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Yeah, i haven't ordered anything from the US since well before March 2025.
Ah! found a Canadian source:
Ah! found a Canadian source:
I suspect you're one of few who know what tepary beans are 🤷🏻
August 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I suspect you're one of few who know what tepary beans are 🤷🏻
I’ve never been able to cook tepary beans well. Tried multiple times with ones I got from Native Seed Search in Tucson.
August 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I’ve never been able to cook tepary beans well. Tried multiple times with ones I got from Native Seed Search in Tucson.
🫘 More Protein Than Beef, The Lost Survival Seed - Tepary Beans
For 5K years, a small desert bean fed entire civilizations in conditions that would kill wheat, wither corn, and burn soybeans to dust. It survived on three inches of annual rainfall. It thrived at 118℉. 🤯💪💯
youtu.be/LrnNhAhGZuc?...
For 5K years, a small desert bean fed entire civilizations in conditions that would kill wheat, wither corn, and burn soybeans to dust. It survived on three inches of annual rainfall. It thrived at 118℉. 🤯💪💯
youtu.be/LrnNhAhGZuc?...
More Protein Than Beef, Stronger Than Corn: The Lost Survival Seed
YouTube video by Nature Lost Vault
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🫘 More Protein Than Beef, The Lost Survival Seed - Tepary Beans
For 5K years, a small desert bean fed entire civilizations in conditions that would kill wheat, wither corn, and burn soybeans to dust. It survived on three inches of annual rainfall. It thrived at 118℉. 🤯💪💯
youtu.be/LrnNhAhGZuc?...
For 5K years, a small desert bean fed entire civilizations in conditions that would kill wheat, wither corn, and burn soybeans to dust. It survived on three inches of annual rainfall. It thrived at 118℉. 🤯💪💯
youtu.be/LrnNhAhGZuc?...
So confused whether there is an actual cringy cult associated with this cookbook, or if that's just a joke thing I missed?
But I, too, have worked to try to like beans. Black beans > pinto beans (which taste like eating raw flour to me).
Tepary beans are great but uncommon.
But I, too, have worked to try to like beans. Black beans > pinto beans (which taste like eating raw flour to me).
Tepary beans are great but uncommon.
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
So confused whether there is an actual cringy cult associated with this cookbook, or if that's just a joke thing I missed?
But I, too, have worked to try to like beans. Black beans > pinto beans (which taste like eating raw flour to me).
Tepary beans are great but uncommon.
But I, too, have worked to try to like beans. Black beans > pinto beans (which taste like eating raw flour to me).
Tepary beans are great but uncommon.
Yeah i sent all the major commercially farmed species of the genus but there’s more and we should be exploring them
But like we should also get people to eat tepary first
And bean trees imo
But like we should also get people to eat tepary first
And bean trees imo
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Yeah i sent all the major commercially farmed species of the genus but there’s more and we should be exploring them
But like we should also get people to eat tepary first
And bean trees imo
But like we should also get people to eat tepary first
And bean trees imo
Box 5: soybeans and peanuts Launches Tomorrow! Box 4 bean letter part 4
TEPARY Phaseolus acutifolius Which brings us to the final bean in this box, and another bean that we must absolutely support increased use and harvest of: Tepary. Native to the US Southwest through to Central America, Tepary…
TEPARY Phaseolus acutifolius Which brings us to the final bean in this box, and another bean that we must absolutely support increased use and harvest of: Tepary. Native to the US Southwest through to Central America, Tepary…
Box 5: soybeans and peanuts Launches Tomorrow! Box 4 bean letter part 4
TEPARY Phaseolus acutifolius Which brings us to the final bean in this box, and another bean that we must absolutely support increased use and harvest of: Tepary. Native to the US Southwest through to Central America, Tepary is related to the common bean, runner beans, and lima beans, this one is even more adapted to arid dry farming. I source these from Ramona Farms, an American Indian owned farm that works to protect and build up the harvest of indigenous crops.
beanyear.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Box 5: soybeans and peanuts Launches Tomorrow! Box 4 bean letter part 4
TEPARY Phaseolus acutifolius Which brings us to the final bean in this box, and another bean that we must absolutely support increased use and harvest of: Tepary. Native to the US Southwest through to Central America, Tepary…
TEPARY Phaseolus acutifolius Which brings us to the final bean in this box, and another bean that we must absolutely support increased use and harvest of: Tepary. Native to the US Southwest through to Central America, Tepary…
The Common Bean and Today
In the most recent Bean Box I sent Tepary, Phaseolus acutifolius, sourced from the Indigenous farming project: Ramona Farms. . In the first box I sent P vulgaris, which is the common bean we all know, from green beans to pintos and cannellini and more. In the next box I’m…
In the most recent Bean Box I sent Tepary, Phaseolus acutifolius, sourced from the Indigenous farming project: Ramona Farms. . In the first box I sent P vulgaris, which is the common bean we all know, from green beans to pintos and cannellini and more. In the next box I’m…
The Common Bean and Today
In the most recent Bean Box I sent Tepary, Phaseolus acutifolius, sourced from the Indigenous farming project: Ramona Farms. . In the first box I sent P vulgaris, which is the common bean we all know, from green beans to pintos and cannellini and more. In the next box I’m sending Lima Beans, P lunatus, and Runner Beans, P coccineus.
beanyear.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Common Bean and Today
In the most recent Bean Box I sent Tepary, Phaseolus acutifolius, sourced from the Indigenous farming project: Ramona Farms. . In the first box I sent P vulgaris, which is the common bean we all know, from green beans to pintos and cannellini and more. In the next box I’m…
In the most recent Bean Box I sent Tepary, Phaseolus acutifolius, sourced from the Indigenous farming project: Ramona Farms. . In the first box I sent P vulgaris, which is the common bean we all know, from green beans to pintos and cannellini and more. In the next box I’m…
And here is my write up about them and discussing their toxicity, I’m not sure if the Greek species have this problem it’s not mentioned on the wiki and people don’t report a bitterness
I’ll mention Lathyrus sativus is what’s eaten in Italy.
beanyear.com/2025/06/18/b...
I’ll mention Lathyrus sativus is what’s eaten in Italy.
beanyear.com/2025/06/18/b...
Bean Box Letter 3 Part 2 Not proper peas
Box 4 launches this Friday! Sweet bean snacks: amanatto and candied chickpeas, Desert Beans: carob, mesquite, and tepary Grass Peas ; Lathyrus sativus Which in turn brings …
beanyear.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And here is my write up about them and discussing their toxicity, I’m not sure if the Greek species have this problem it’s not mentioned on the wiki and people don’t report a bitterness
I’ll mention Lathyrus sativus is what’s eaten in Italy.
beanyear.com/2025/06/18/b...
I’ll mention Lathyrus sativus is what’s eaten in Italy.
beanyear.com/2025/06/18/b...
Hello new followers!
I actually send you beans!
To help you expand your physical relationship with the Fabaceae family of plants!
If this is a schtick, is a dangerously real one!
SAY YES TO BEANS
Current box 4 of 6 has a variety of candied beans! And beans from trees! And American Desert Beans
I actually send you beans!
To help you expand your physical relationship with the Fabaceae family of plants!
If this is a schtick, is a dangerously real one!
SAY YES TO BEANS
Current box 4 of 6 has a variety of candied beans! And beans from trees! And American Desert Beans
August 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hello new followers!
I actually send you beans!
To help you expand your physical relationship with the Fabaceae family of plants!
If this is a schtick, is a dangerously real one!
SAY YES TO BEANS
Current box 4 of 6 has a variety of candied beans! And beans from trees! And American Desert Beans
I actually send you beans!
To help you expand your physical relationship with the Fabaceae family of plants!
If this is a schtick, is a dangerously real one!
SAY YES TO BEANS
Current box 4 of 6 has a variety of candied beans! And beans from trees! And American Desert Beans
As a sales pitch:
I was working on the roasted carob last night and my partner said “that’s a strange smell, like , like … roasted berries?”
Me: is it bad?
Them: no, it’s good, it’s just different, not sure I’ve smelled anything like that before”
It tastes good too
beanyear.com/product/bean...
I was working on the roasted carob last night and my partner said “that’s a strange smell, like , like … roasted berries?”
Me: is it bad?
Them: no, it’s good, it’s just different, not sure I’ve smelled anything like that before”
It tastes good too
beanyear.com/product/bean...
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 – DESSERT & DESERT
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean…
beanyear.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
As a sales pitch:
I was working on the roasted carob last night and my partner said “that’s a strange smell, like , like … roasted berries?”
Me: is it bad?
Them: no, it’s good, it’s just different, not sure I’ve smelled anything like that before”
It tastes good too
beanyear.com/product/bean...
I was working on the roasted carob last night and my partner said “that’s a strange smell, like , like … roasted berries?”
Me: is it bad?
Them: no, it’s good, it’s just different, not sure I’ve smelled anything like that before”
It tastes good too
beanyear.com/product/bean...
The tepary showed up today and my lord these are dense beans. 🫘
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 – DESSERT & DESERT
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 – DESSERT & DESERT
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
beanyear.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The tepary showed up today and my lord these are dense beans. 🫘
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 – DESSERT & DESERT
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 – DESSERT & DESERT
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
beanyear.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 – DESSERT & DESERT
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
2 types of Amanatto (Japanese candy infused beans) Candied Chickpeas (middle eastern style) , 1/2 pound Roasted Carob Powder , 1/3 pound Mesquite bean powder, 1/3 pound Tepary beans, 1/2 pound Bean Letter 4
Bean Box 3 Letter Part 3: Broad and Wolf
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 Launches Tomorrow! It will be sweet bean snack: candied chickpeas and Japanese amanatto , a different sort of candied beans. And Desert Beans: 2 trees, Carob and Mesquite, and a rarer Phaseolus, Tepary *************** Fava – Vicia faba Fava…
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 Launches Tomorrow! It will be sweet bean snack: candied chickpeas and Japanese amanatto , a different sort of candied beans. And Desert Beans: 2 trees, Carob and Mesquite, and a rarer Phaseolus, Tepary *************** Fava – Vicia faba Fava…
Bean Box 3 Letter Part 3: Broad and Wolf
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 Launches Tomorrow! It will be sweet bean snack: candied chickpeas and Japanese amanatto , a different sort of candied beans. And Desert Beans: 2 trees, Carob and Mesquite, and a rarer Phaseolus, Tepary *************** Fava – Vicia faba Fava beans are the original beans of Europe and the Mediterranean basin. If anyone before the 16th century mentioned beans, they meant fava.
beanyear.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Bean Box 3 Letter Part 3: Broad and Wolf
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 Launches Tomorrow! It will be sweet bean snack: candied chickpeas and Japanese amanatto , a different sort of candied beans. And Desert Beans: 2 trees, Carob and Mesquite, and a rarer Phaseolus, Tepary *************** Fava – Vicia faba Fava…
BEAN YEAR BOX 4 Launches Tomorrow! It will be sweet bean snack: candied chickpeas and Japanese amanatto , a different sort of candied beans. And Desert Beans: 2 trees, Carob and Mesquite, and a rarer Phaseolus, Tepary *************** Fava – Vicia faba Fava…
Bean Box Letter 3 Part 2 Not proper peas
Box 4 launches this Friday! Sweet bean snacks: amanatto and candied chickpeas, Desert Beans: carob, mesquite, and tepary Grass Peas ; Lathyrus sativus Which in turn brings us to a different wild pea, the grass pea, also known as the famine pea. In small…
Box 4 launches this Friday! Sweet bean snacks: amanatto and candied chickpeas, Desert Beans: carob, mesquite, and tepary Grass Peas ; Lathyrus sativus Which in turn brings us to a different wild pea, the grass pea, also known as the famine pea. In small…
Bean Box Letter 3 Part 2 Not proper peas
Box 4 launches this Friday! Sweet bean snacks: amanatto and candied chickpeas, Desert Beans: carob, mesquite, and tepary Grass Peas ; Lathyrus sativus Which in turn brings us to a different wild pea, the grass pea, also known as the famine pea. In small quantities as part of a diverse diet this is a perfectly reasonable food, but during times of drought or societal disturbance like war, people would harvest these wild peas in large quantities.
beanyear.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Bean Box Letter 3 Part 2 Not proper peas
Box 4 launches this Friday! Sweet bean snacks: amanatto and candied chickpeas, Desert Beans: carob, mesquite, and tepary Grass Peas ; Lathyrus sativus Which in turn brings us to a different wild pea, the grass pea, also known as the famine pea. In small…
Box 4 launches this Friday! Sweet bean snacks: amanatto and candied chickpeas, Desert Beans: carob, mesquite, and tepary Grass Peas ; Lathyrus sativus Which in turn brings us to a different wild pea, the grass pea, also known as the famine pea. In small…