{"product_id":"extra-long-yardlong-bean-pole","title":"Extra Long Yardlong Bean (pole)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA spectacular bean for the home garden, providing tender and delicious fresh beans through the hottest months of summer, when regular beans are long gone. Plants produce an abundance of very long, extra long, like....up to 3' long green beans!! Pick when beans are fairly young and firm. Sweet and stringless, enjoy them steamed, stir-fried, or in soup. One bean chopped into pieces is like several smaller green beans, and in our opinion, way better and more interesting! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYardlong beans are the same species as cowpea, which is also thrive in our subtropical climate. But they are distinctly different. Cowpeas travelled to the Middle East and Asia from Africa, and over centuries of breeding, Asian farmers developed long, tender pods.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLong beans have been recorded in Chinese literature around the time of the Song Dynasty in 1008! Yardlongs are still popular in Asian cuisine today. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a really unique plant that will get a a lot of attention in your garden!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe got our seeds from Seed the Stars and this is the second generation grown in our Gainesville gardens. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Working Food Seed \u0026 Merch Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48415466389693,"sku":null,"price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/1734\/5725\/files\/Extra_Long_Yardlong_2_Large_a46862ce-2cfc-4de9-a450-96216e20b697.png?v=1790697859","url":"https:\/\/workingfoodseeds.org\/products\/extra-long-yardlong-bean-pole","provider":"Working Food ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}