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 ...

School's back in session, the days are getting shorter, and fall decor is already tempting us from store shelves. If you don't have Labor Day plans this year, make it a gardening weekend for planting ...

Who doesn't like fresh green beans? Evidently not many dislike this tasty vegetable, as it is the second most popular vegetable grown in the home garden; second only to tomatoes. According to the ...

I hope everyone is surviving this wet weather we have been locked into this summer. Of course, this is the time of year we are usually begging for rain. With all the rain it is hard to think about ...

If you buy this popular vegetable as a seedling, it may result in transplant shock, so it's best to grow it from seed, which is more fruitful and affordable.

Make a plan prior to planting that takes into account how much of the crop you plan to eat fresh, and how much you may want ...

My grandfather grew green beans that had a sticky, hairy texture to our fingers when we picked them. I think of those beans every year I plant green beans. Beans are a really simple crop to grow -- ...

FRESH GREEN beans are always good but not always green, as one can see with this purple podded pole bean. My oldest brother, Doice, used to gag and refuse to eat green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) as a ...

No green thumb? No problem.

My oldest brother, Doice, used to gag and refuse to eat green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) as a child. I'll be the first to admit, those mushy things out of a can weren't my favorite either. Imagine my ...