Whether you call them string beans, snap beans, or haricots verts, green beans are a great addition to any backyard garden, and because they're easy to grow and harvest, they can be a good gateway ...

Perhaps the biggest challenge in growing beans is deciding which ones to plant! Many people love to grow green beans (also called snap beans, and they come in a variety of colors besides green) to be ...

Last week, at a friend’s barbecue party, the topic of string beans came up. I recently spent a few days researching green beans and very likely had more information than this casual conversation ...

Here's a simple meal for all you gardeners out there. I'm not a gardener myself but I was raised by a gardener and live with one now. My job, aside from weeding, is to harvest. Green beans being an ...

are among the most valuable food resources one can harvest from the home garden. They are packed with nutrition and can be grown vertically in the garden to save space. Poles, fences or trellises ...

Fresh-picked green beans spell "summer" in the North Country. "I picked every day for my father," said Curtiss Hemm, executive chef at the Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid. "He would plant rows and rows ...

Remember last year, when we talked about fresh garbanzo beans after I saw them for sale at PCC? Well, after I wrote that post, I heard from Doug Moser, of Idaho-based Clearwater Country Foods. Doug’s ...