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SUPER BEAN GUIDEStep 1

In the spring, ater the last expectedrost, loosen the soil to a depth o18 inches, mixing in 2 inches oorganic compost.

Step 2

Plant the Lupini beans inch to1 inch deep, 2 inches apart in rows18 inches apart.

Step 3

Cover with soil and apply asolid ertiliser according to themanuacturers instructions.

Step 4

Water thoroughly to soak theertiliser into the soil.

Step 5

Water with 1 inch o water a weekduring the growing season.

Step 6

Remove the weaker plants as theygrow to attain a nal spacing o 1oot between plants.

Step 7

While in fower, the plants will bedecorative, and once the seedpodsappear, allow them to dry on thestalk beore collecting and storing the

mature Lupini beans in early autumn.

HOW TO GROW *LUPINI BEANS

BUY YOUR OWN ANDEAN LUPIN

For children. For change. For good.

Thank you or your interest in our Super Bean Guide. Like

us, were sure youll agree, beans are a vital ood source and

one o the worlds oldest cultivated crops with evidence o

cultivation going back more than 7,000 years. Beans are an

excellent source o nutrition, providing a great source o

protein, dietary bre and complex carbohydrates. Not to

mention ull o favour, very cheap and incredibly easy to

grow. What more could you ask or?

The World Vision Super BeanWorld Vision is an international childrens charity, working in

some o the worlds hardest places. Tragically, where poverty

exists, children are oten the ones who suer the most. Its

only with the help o generous people all across the world,

that World Vision is able to protect vulnerable children

rom exploitation, abuse and much more. Another way we

help improve the lives o children is by helping amilies

to have nutritious ood or more o the year. And this is

something that RHS gold medal winning garden designers

FlemonsWarlandDesign saw rsthand in Bolivia when

they discovered the super Tarwi bean.

John and Sim o FlemonsWarlandDesign saw

or themselves how child sponsorship changed

childrens lives, when they met 6-year-old Ronald,

the child they sponsor in Bolivia. Its here

that the Andean Lupin produces the highly

nutritious Tarwi bean, which World Vision is

helping amilies grow so that children have

a healthier diet.

They knew that, just like hope, this

beautiul fower grows in the

harshest conditions. They alsoknew it should play a part

in The World Vision show

garden at RHS Chelsea

Flower Show 2012.

Visit: www.worldvision.org/chelsea

From the remote Bolivian Andesto your home. You can purchaseyour very own Lupinus mutabilisatPlantify.co.ukA 50p donation from every purchase

is given to World Vision.

AndeanLupinLupinusmutabilis

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*Based on Mediterranean/Edible Lupin beans

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Find out more about child sponsorship

Call 0800 012 1202 or visitwww.worldvision.org/chelsea

To make them edible, the alkaloids must

be drawn out. First, wash the beans then

soak them in brine. Youll need to change

the brine oten - twice daily or up to

fve days - to make sure the alkaloids in

the beans have been leached out.

Ater soaking, Lupini beans can be

cooked in a variety o recipes or eaten as

a snack ood.

They can be eaten in their skin or, more

commonly, squeezed out o their jackets

like avas.

In the Mediterranean and Latin America

youll oten fnd pickled Lupini beans

served as a bar snack.

Accomplished Lupini eaters learn the

knack o splitting the skin by rubbing

the bean between their orefnger and

thumb to get at the tasty treat within.

When you eat the tasty Lupini bean,

spare a thought to how a variety o

this miraculous bean is helping to save

childhoods in some o the worlds

hardest places.

Bean Cooking!

The Lupini bean - is produced

ater the fower and is a great

source o tasty nutrition,

containing up to 46% protein.

But take care when cooking

and eating them as they

contain bitter alkaloids which

can be poisonous i the beans

are not treated properly!

ChildSponsorship

A child in bloom.Ronalds Story

Child sponsorship changed

everything or Ronald, his amily

and his entire community. Here,

hope was planted in the harshest

o places and was beginning to grow.

Ronalds parents were also given

the tools and skills to build their own

greenhouse, so they can grow nutritious

ood or all the amily. Ronald is also just

about to start school and embarks on a lie

with a real uture. Thanks to World Vision,

his hope is not only growing, it is fourishing.

Planting a seed, growing, nurturing and fourishing.

However you see it, sponsoring a child through World Vision or

just 75p a day can change a childs lie.

For children. For change. For good.

Ronald age 6 in Bolivia