Purple beans

Every year we plant a garden with our children. This year's garden is the best we have grown yet. We plant something new every year. Last year it was purple carrots, which ended up swimming in about 3 inches of water! This year we planted purple beans. I thought this would be a great science experiment for our children. The experiment worked! We had an amazing crop this summer. I harvested some of the beans to show to my children. First we compared them to green beans. They looked pretty much the same except for the colour of course. Then we cut both the green bean and purple bean in half, and to my childrens surprise the purple beans were green on the inside! My children tasted both the green and the purple beans and found a slight difference in taste. But then the real experiment happened..... We steamed the purple beans, and to our surprise the purple beans turned GREEN! My children were amazed! We now have a new favourite vegetable. Next year we are going to try purple carrots again, provided the weather co-operates!