Did you grow Blue Lake pole beans this summer? Did you end up with stringy, flat beans instead of nice tender, plump ones? You aren’t alone. And no one really knows why. The Blue Lake bean has been a ...

Plus, gardening in general can help reduce your environmental footprint by decreasing reliance on mass-produced, store-bought ...

There are any number of "green" beans in the seed packet racks of local nurseries, and everyone has a favorite: 'scarlet runner,' 'French Filet, ' 'Kentucky Wonder,' 'Roma,' purple and wax. I've ...

When I first started gardening, I planted several rows of bush beans. For the crop reaped, the space devoted was not worth it. Then, spinning through a seed rack at the local supermarket one day, I ...

If it wasn't for readers, so much would fly right by me, like the problem with 'Blue Lake' pole beans described and researched by Elizabeth Anne Malliris of Newberg: " I discovered something tonight ...

Joan Hinkemeyer is as crazy about green beans as some gardeners are for homegrown tomatoes. The Denver gardener says nothing compares to the taste of a freshly picked green bean. “They’re better than ...

My main reason for growing food crops is to enjoy the most flavorful fruit and vegetable varieties that can be produced here. Any gardener who lives by that credo incurs two responsibilities -- ...

Arkansas Times publisher Alan Leveritt has lived on his great grandparents’ farm in North Pulaski County for 40 years. This is the first in a series of columns about day-to-day life on the land where ...

A friend complained that she was tired of picking beans every day and asked what variety needed to be harvested only once or twice a week. Unfortunately, when it comes to beans, the harvest depends ...

Did you grow Blue Lake pole beans this summer? Did you end up with stringy, flat beans instead of nice tender, plump ones? You aren’t alone. And no one really knows why. The Blue Lake bean has been a ...