String Beans? Nope, it's Lima Beans :(

I bought pole beans ~ or at least that's what the package said...My thought was that a pole bean would be a string bean that climbed a pole - like the trellis I have them winding up.

Picked some last night and they look like pea pods...I told the kids, "Really the seed package said beans". We came inside and popped them open and what fell out? Lima Beans UG! The only veggie we were aloud to refuse to eat growing up were lima beans - probably cause my dad hated them too!

Now what? My dad said if I'm sneaky I could probably get away with using them in chili in place of kidney beans. He said they tend to take on the flavor of what you cook them in.

I'm just hoping beans are a veggie I can replant in Sept/Oct because I was really looking forward to eating uncooked, fresh picked grean beans. YUM!