Whether you call them string beans, snap beans, or haricots verts, green beans are a great addition to any backyard garden, and because they're easy to grow and harvest, they can be a good gateway ...

Among the easiest garden vegetables to grow, green beans—also known as string or snap beans—usually mature 50 to 70 days after you sow the seeds outdoors. Therefore, you can grow green bean plants ...

We just purchased a new seeder for our Tulsa Master Gardener Seed to Supper Farm, and so far, it’s great. It’s a device called a Poly Planter Jr. At our farm we harvest food to donate to area food ...

Preparing green beans is just one part of my childhood gardening experience, a seasonal ritual at my grandmother’s house whenever we would visit in mid-spring and in the fall. Harvest appeared to be ...

Beans are a great garden crop for home gardeners here in northeast Oklahoma, and there are a variety of beans available that should fit most anyone’s growing style. I say “growing style” because ...

Because beans like warm, sunny weather you still have plenty of time to hunt around and find some interesting new varieties. All beans like warm weather and full sun. Bush beans are shorter and better ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

From flowers to food crops, discover the plants that do well growing alongside these legumes, plus three that are best left in the garden shed.

Growing fava beans is like four crops in one: flavorful fresh pods, both fresh and dry beans, and –surprise! – delicious ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mid-July is, on average, the hottest part of the summer in South Carolina, and this time of the year, many plants struggle from heat, bugs, and fungus. Tough conditions are where ...

Snap beans, also called “green beans” or “string beans” (although most modern varieties do not have strings) are harvested when the pods contain immature seeds, and the pods are still succulent. Types ...