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Craig Sailor is the Arts & Entertainment editor at The News Tribune. Last year he planted his first vegetable garden. Focusing on unusual varieties, “Freak of Nature” returns for 2008 with a new crop of uncommon vegetables and flowers. This year he’ll try yin yang beans, giant pumpkins, blue poppies and mutant sunflowers. He gardens at his North End Tacoma home and sneaks seeds in to his mother’s garden at Willapa Bay when she’s not looking. E-mail him at craig.sailor@thenewstribune.com.

Sue Kidd is the Lifestyle Editor at The News Tribune and the ringleader for the Home&Garden section. She is a decent vegetable gardener, but occasionally a tragic mess at growing other stuff. She’ll blog about gardening events, gadgets, her weird obsession with guerrilla gardening and all her assorted garden disasters. E-mail her with thoughts/rants/questions/bizarre observations. sue.kidd@thenewstribune.com.

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Friday, August 29th, 2008
Posted by Craig Sailor @ 06:23:28 am

I'm in the middle of harvesting my beans and peas. This year I grew something new and something new-to-me.

In the new category are Yin Yang beans (above) from Territorial Seed Company. These beans bear a striking resemblance to the ancient Chinese symbol of harmony. Territorial says they are "serenely textured with a mild flavor" but so far I've just been admiring them.

In the new-to-me category I grew peas for the first time. Am I sorry I waited so long. I sowed Ed Hume's little marvel bush peas. While they could have used a fence or something else to climb on I have no complaints.

The peas sprouted and grew quickly and are producing fat pods faster than I can eat them (which is usually raw.)

I'll try a different bean next year but I'm definitely coming back for more little marvels (below).

Categories: Vegetables