Like lettuce, spinach grows fast and isn’t very tall, so it doesn’t put down deep roots. This makes it a terrific container ...

Among the easiest garden vegetables to grow, green beans—also known as string or snap beans—usually mature 50 to 70 days after you sow the seeds outdoors. Therefore, you can grow green bean plants ...

In this video, I give my five top tips on how to grow dwarf beans in containers or raised garden beds. Dwarf beans, bush ...

Growing fava beans (Vicia faba), also known as broad beans, is a remarkably rewarding experience in the vegetable garden. This cool-season legume is a culinary knockout not only for its delicious, ...

My gardening education began with a bean seed in a Dixie cup. A paper cup, a scoop of playground dirt and a sprouting bean seed was supposed to awaken every child’s sense of wonder at the natural ...

Snap beans, also called “green beans” or “string beans” (although most modern varieties do not have strings) are harvested when the pods contain immature seeds, and the pods are still succulent. Types ...