Most home gardeners grow bush or snap beans. A pole bean provides a lot of produce in a small space. They can grow on strings, poles, fences or be guided along the sides of buildings. They can grow as ...

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 ...

For pole beans, you will need something like a 4-to-5-foot tripod for the beans to climb as they grow. When planting pole beans, plant two or three seeds around the base of each leg of the tripod.

While bush beans and pole beans are both garden staples, there are some important differences to consider when deciding which plant is right for you.

My wife, Ann, just returned from the local supermarket with a plastic bag of snap beans. Though she's aware of my utter disdain for store-bought beans, she buys them, anyway. "What else am I supposed ...

Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart. The more you eat the more you … should consider growing your own. Beans are very easy to grow in the home garden and will yield a high rate of return with ...

A local gardener got a creative idea to use the housing of a patio umbrella to grow pole beans.

Beans are an incredibly productive and versatile home garden crop: filling, protein-rich and vitamin-filled. In fact, some might say they are a magical fruit.

Most of us who garden don’t have the space to grow grain crops such as wheat or barley, but we have space to grow legumes such as beans and peas. Legumes are second in importance only to grains in the ...