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If you happen to have the vertical space, I encourage you to experiment with some pole bean varieties, too. I know people who love growing them as privacy screens and shade barriers for summer patios.

While pole beans are often more productive, bush beans have the advantage of cropping more quickly. Read more: The 11 Most Difficult Vegetables To Grow In Your Garden. Advantages Of Growing Pole Beans ...

I love beans. I love planting them and watching them race up a pole and then eating them fresh off the vine. I like freezing them for winter use or drying the seeds for making baked beans on a snow… ...

The Blue Lake bean has been a mainstay of both commercial canning production and home vegetable gardens for decades. It was originally cultivated in the Blue Lake District outside Ukiah, Calif ...

Pole beans should be planted 4-to-6 inches apart (or 4-to-6 seed in hills spaced 3 feet apart) and should be provided with a trellis for the plant to grow onto.

It happened to the venerable Oregon Giant pole bean several years ago. Ornamentals such as peonies and shrubs with colored leaves will sometimes revert to another color or put out green leaves.

Q: The last two years I've had trouble with purple hyacinth beans. They grow but are green like a pole bean -- not purple. I've tried two different sources with the same result. In the past, I've ...

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 ...

Growing the three varieties of pole beans, along with a number of bush beans including golden wax and “Dragon Tongue,” makes for a colorful display on her market table. Her customers typically ...