Pssst! Want some magic beans? These won’t shoot a stalk into the clouds, but they do hold a surprise. Pittsburgh-based Magic Bean Wishes sells bean seeds engraved with words. Sown and watered, the ...

Beans are one of the longest-cultivated plants across the world, adding flavor, texture and nutrients to traditional recipes. Growing dry beans is easy, and if you enjoy hands-on processing, it can be ...

Mrs. DeMaio's 2nd grade class at St.Theresa School in Kenilworth planted lima bean seeds in a clear cd holder. This gave the students a perfect view of the outside covering of seeds which is called ...

Q: We have two beautiful hyacinth bean plants in our yard and would like to know how to get more next year. Can the seeds be saved and replanted for next spring? If so, how do you go about it? A: ...

Ask any vegetable gardener about beans and pull up a chair. Some grow lima beans, dry beans or wax beans but almost every home garden has a patch of green beans. Beans grow quickly and don't need much ...

Productive and resilientResearchers across California are developing new varieties of dry beans and testing them in a hunt ...

More and more often we hear that the path to good health takes us through the garden gate to fresh, local food. But what about protein? We know we need it. Protein is an essential building block of ...

WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. — Once this was the land of limas, in days when plump green-skinned beans graced many an American dinner plate. Then, farmers grew the beans on acre upon acre of flat, sandy earth, ...