There’s a passel of beans in Pat Brady’s “Come and Get It,” the cowboy dinner song popularized by the Sons of the Pioneers. That’s appropriate, because there are many, many beans to grow and use in ...

Question: In our family garden we have grown many types of beans. For the first time this year we’re growing beans that can be dried for long-term storage. We would appreciate any information you can ...

A two-dollar bag of pinto or black beans looks like dinner, not a packet of garden seed. But dried beans are mature seeds, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DircinhaSW / Getty Images Knowing when to harvest green beans is vital for protecting the plant’s health and guaranteeing a good ...

BEANS ARE AN incredibly productive and versatile crop. Not only are they filling and packed with vitamins, but they’re also a great source of protein, which is unusual for home garden crops. In fact, ...

In what is almost an annual visit to Nebraska, Timothy Porch, research geneticist at U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service in Puerto Rico, scouted the dry edible bean plots at ...