Beans are pretty easy to grow. At our Seed to Supper Farm, where we teach Master Gardeners about growing vegetables and then donate to produce to area food banks, we have been planting beans for a ...

Castor bean plants (Ricinus ommunis) are easy to grow from seed when provided with sun and moist, loamy soil. The seeds produce a vibrant plant with large, star-shaped foliage that can grow up to 10 ...

I love beans of just about all types and would like to grow some in my garden. What should I know to get started? — O.S. One of the great things about growing beans is that they are pretty easy to ...

Dear Master Gardener: I was given a small plant as a gift last spring. It grew into a gigantic plant with striking leaves and spiky pink seed pods. I've learned it is a castor bean plant. I'd like to ...

Q: I planted bush bean seeds several weeks ago, but nothing has come up. I have been watering every day, and I added lots of compost to the bed. How long does it take for beans to sprout? The seeds ...

If you haven’t eaten Romano green beans fresh from the garden, you can’t imagine how delicious they are. The difference between homegrown beans and the frozen or commercially farmed beans from the ...

Q. This plant came up in my yard as a volunteer. Can you tell me what it might be? I would love to have a few of them. It is beautiful. The leaves are about 12-14 inches wide and the plant about 4-5 ...

The National Garden Bureau has proclaimed 2021 as "The Year of the Garden Bean" also known as green beans, although they come in a variety of colors. Garden beans well deserve there celebrity status ...

When you consider sayings about beans, you might conclude that beans have no value whatsoever. Remember, “It doesn’t amount to a hill of beans,” or, “She doesn’t know beans about it”? There is also a ...