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Article: Raise unusual vegetables
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- July 29, 2001
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Midwest Gardening
Raise unusual vegetables, eyebrows
By JAN RIGGENBACH
Midwest Features
Sunday, July 29, 2001
Banish backyard boredom with these unusual vegetables that will
have your neighbors saying, "It's a what?"
Asparagus beans are stringless, with a distinctive, sweet flavor.
Also called yard-long beans, they usually measure more like 2 feet
than 3, which still is long enough to raise some eyebrows. The beans
taste best when they're harvested about a foot long.
As easy to grow as any other beans, asparagus beans are a pole
type, so give them a fence or trellis to climb.
Cucumbers can be fun when you grow one of the extra-long, skinny
Asian types, such as Suyo Long, or European ...