We like hyacinth vines as ornamentals, and pollenator/humming bird attractors. Extremely easy to grow in sun. Not so happy in shade though. The seed pods are an amazing dark purple in color.
Our front yard lamp post will completely disappear in another week or two. Note: Those beautiful purple seed pods are full of cyanide laced seeds.
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Those purple beans are edible but don't eat them raw. They are harvasted when they are tender cooked in most of Asian countries from the dawn of civilization. You can Watch you tube of Indian, bangali, Asian, Philippine, south east Asian cooking's and harvesting. We are taught not to eat anything raw, we cook it. So don't eat it raw. Only the tender beans before the seeds became big is eaten. Once the seed is big, you can dry them to give it away as seeds. Its mostly cultivated by home gardener and sometime you can find it in mom and pop Indian or Asian grocery store. So if I have something extra and I don't feel like processing it I go barter with them or I just give to away. I have neighbors, walker came ask me for things from my yard all the time. The beans are highly priced among vegetarian, vegan from India, hope you can find someone in your area to barter with and they might give a bowl of cooked hycinth beans and potatoes.
Arshi
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I wonder if you could grind up those seeds and use them as a pesticide.
Surfpirate
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@Hebert54 If someone can conceive of it then it's probably already been done.
@Hebert54, @MissKathleen I was thinking more along the lines of insect pests.
@MissKathleen Well cyanide would probably do the job of taking care of them - permanenty.
@MissKathleen why not just put down some mothball to deter them?
@MissKathleen I think my wife picked up a couple of packs at the dollar store the last time we needed them. You can also put your used coffee grounds in the garden as they don't like that smell either.
@MissKathleen If nothing else the coffee grounds make good fertilizer.
@MissKathleen First no BBQ and now no Coffee? Life is hard, for me a day without coffee would be like a day without sunshine, probably in a dark prison cell. lol
@MissKathleen I looked for you and there is no decent BBQ in Yuma that I could find, just diners and grills that call themselves BBQ but they aren't the real deal. Phoenix seems to be the closest place to get real BBQ and I can't tell how good it is from the pics, looks good but it is really all about the taste. There is a place in Mexacali called La Ahumadora that looks good but it would be Mexican style.
@MissKathleen Barbecue comes from the Spanish word Barbacoa and the Spaniards took the idea from the native peoples of Mexico so technically all Spanish BBQ is the real BBQ but yes it does taste a little different. A torta or a curillo would be closest and can usually be found on mexican food trucks, delicious and affordable.
@MissKathleen Big Ribs Smokehouse might be a better option, also in Mexicali and only open on the weekends. La Ahumadera only opens for the dinner crowd and is a stall on wheels with a few picnic tables out front. Habla Espanol?
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